While the current state of patient matching is best described as tumultuous, progress toward a solution is being made thanks to efforts of stakeholders from across the spectrum. In the past year alone, we saw Section 510 temporarily removed from the U.S. House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) appropriations bills – the first time the Senate had done so in 20 years – and Office for the National Coordinator (ONC) issued its Project US@ Technical Specification for patient addresses and the ONC-AHIMA Companion Guide.
