CMS-Required Hospital Event Notifications Begin May 1, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule in May 2020, adding a new requirement to the Conditions of Participation (CoP) for hospitals. The new rule requires hospitals to begin sending Event Notifications (sometimes known as Alerts) to a patient’s established Primary Care Providers (PCPs) and