Comment on CMS-2026-1256-0002

Summary: OCHIN, a nonprofit health IT organization, supports the proposed rule's goals of modernizing quality measurement and interoperability but urges CMS to provide clearer guidance and longer implementation timelines for rural and low-resourced providers. They specifically recommend making the new medical device tracking requirement voluntary for two years and ensuring that electronic prior authorization requirements do not outpace the readiness of payer and vendor infrastructure.