Fierce Healthcare October 30, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its plan to keep healthcare providers in line with data blocking requirements.
A proposed rule unveiled Monday outlines “disincentives” for eligible hospitals or critical access hospitals, clinician groups and accountable care organizations that are found by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) to have committed information blocking—defined in the 21st Century Cures Act as the intentional interference with access, exchange or use of electronic health information except when required by law or under certain exceptions.
Unlike the direct penalties HHS began enforcing for health IT entities in September, the department said it plans to target those providers’ participation in existing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) programs.
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