Comment on CMS-2026-1256-0002
Altera Digital HealthOtherAdvocacy
Summary: Altera Digital Health provides mixed feedback on the proposed rule, supporting the removal of certain eCQMs and the inclusion of a sepsis mortality measure while requesting delayed implementation dates for others. The company expresses concerns regarding the readiness of health IT vendors to meet specific technical standards and requests clearer definitions and standardized specifications to ensure equitable reporting.
Altera Digital Health is pleased to provide comments in response to the proposed rule from CMS: Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes. With a platform of clinical, business and interoperability solutions for ambulatory, acute and other settings, we are relied upon by thousands of the nation’s providers serving patients in a variety of care environments, and it is through our more than three decades of experience partnering with and deploying software to this vast network of providers that we can submit informed feedback today on this important topic.