AHA comments on potential rulemaking to improve electronic prior authorization processes

In comments submitted today to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, AHA said it “strongly supports creating a useable, scalable and efficient solution to help reduce prior authorization impacts on patients and providers. However, we urge ONC — in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — to pilot the technologies and workflows described in the rule prior to taking any regulatory steps, including certification or codification of standards to minimize unintended negative consequences, such as an inadvertent increase in costs or burden in the health care system.”