Becker's Healthcare June 24, 2024
HHS finalized its final rule outlining disincentives for hospitals, health systems and clinicians blocking patient information exchange on June 24.
Providers knowingly interfering or preventing patients from accessing medical information, EHR use and information exchange will face penalties going forward. Those penalties include:
1. Hospitals, physician groups and clinicians being stripped of meaningful use status for the calendar year of the EHR reporting period when the Office of Inspector General refers its determination to CMS. If one clinician within a group is blocking information, but not the whole group,...
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