HealthIT Answers September 8, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has directed HHS to increase resources dedicated to curbing the harmful practice of information blocking. HHS will take an active enforcement against health care entities that restrict patients’ engagement in their care by blocking the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information.
The 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 authorized the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ASTP/ONC) and HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG)are to take enforcement actions to hold those who block patient information accountable and to prevent future violations. As a result, ASTP, the principal federal entity charged with coordination of...
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