ASTP Finalizes Scaled-Back HTI-2 Rule
Healthcare Innovation December 11, 2024
Although proposed rule was wide-ranging, the final rule, which will be published on Dec. 16, contained only TEFCA-related items
The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy’s proposed HTI-2 rule had several ambitious components related to public health, imaging interoperability, USCDI Version 4, updated minimum standards code sets, bulk data, prior authorization, API capabilities and other topics. But the abbreviated final rule announced on Dec. 11 contained only TEFCA-related items.
In an e-mail response to a request for more information, an ASTP spokesman said that the scope of the HTI-2 proposed rule and the number of public comments received made it impracticable to...