Farewell to fax? How CMS aims to drag healthcare into the present.
The article focuses on a new health information technology regulation issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that standardizes electronic claims attachments sharing among providers, insurers, and programs like Medicare. This rule aims to replace outdated methods such as faxes...
| Published in: | Modern Healthcare Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 28 - 29 |
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Crain Communications Inc. (MI)
4/13/2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=193070064&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 193070064 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01607480 MHL jtl: Modern Healthcare issn: 01607480 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 4/13/2026 vid: 56 iid: 4 pid: 778 pub: Crain Communications Inc. (MI) place: Detroit, Michigan artinfo: ui: 193070064 193070064 ppf: 28 ppct: 1 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: T tig: atl: Farewell to fax? How CMS aims to drag healthcare into the present. aug: au: Early, Bridget sug: subj: United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Care Industry Insurance, Health Health Information Digital Technology Rules and Regulations Electronic Health Records Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Health Policy Electronic Data Interchange Workflow Automation Collaboration ab: The article focuses on a new health information technology regulation issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that standardizes electronic claims attachments sharing among providers, insurers, and programs like Medicare. This rule aims to replace outdated methods such as faxes and postal mail with more automated, interoperable processes, improving payment timeliness and reducing administrative burdens. While industry groups welcome the regulation as a significant step forward, they emphasize the need for extensive system updates, staff training, and collaboration with electronic health record (EHR) vendors before the May 2028 implementation deadline. The rule also includes electronic signature requirements and applies to entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Stakeholders note that complete elimination of fax use is unlikely in the near term, and further regulatory efforts are needed to achieve broader data exchange interoperability, ideally using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards. pubtype: Periodical doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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