Fierce Healthcare September 19, 2018
Evan Sweeney

A pending rule from ONC could provide more clarity around information blocking, which carries significant penalties.

A long-awaited rule that will define the act of information blocking—and the hefty fines that go with it—has finally landed at the Office of Management and Budget.

The proposed rule, mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act, was submitted to OMB on Monday. While the regulatory review is short on details, it mimics language from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Spring 2018 Unified Agenda which included updates to EHR certification requirements, voluntary adoption of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, certification of health IT for pediatric providers and information blocking.

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), Physician, Provider, Technology
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