Healthcare DIVE May 3, 2021
Early last year, before COVID-19 swept the nation, HHS was busy finalizing two highly anticipated rules promising to free up the U.S.’s siloed medical data. One of the rules, from the Office of the National Coordinator, the agency that regulates the nation’s health information technology framework, is meant to give consumers free electronic access to their structured and unstructured medical data for free, implementing provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act passed in 2016.
The rules are extensive and have faced numerous challenges, including significant industry pushback and deadline extensions during COVID-19. Important questions still hang over their implementation: Some providers have pushed for additional timeline delays, citing the pandemic, while regulators have yet to determine an appropriate punishment for...
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