Modern Healthcare June 26, 2020
Healthcare groups are pushing HHS’ Office of Inspector General to build a period of enforcement discretion into its proposal to impose financial penalties on information blockers.
Organizations will need time to ask questions and get clarification into regulations after a final rule is released, which will take longer than the standard 60-day period between when a rule is published and when it takes effect, they say. That’s compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has required many healthcare groups to pivot attention and resources toward the outbreak and away from other priorities.
OIG in April proposed a rule establishing civil money penalties for health information exchanges and health information technology software developers who engage in information blocking, with a maximum penalty...
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