Lexology November 1, 2023
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The department still struggles with finding disincentives for non-Medicare providers

While health care providers have been required to comply with the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule (the Rule) since April 5, 2021, as of yet there is no enforcement mechanism in place with respect to the Rule and health care providers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a proposed rule to change that, setting forth disincentives on health care providers for information blocking.

The biggest takeaways from the proposed enforcement rule are:

(1) Health care providers participating in the Medicare Sharing Savings Program may lose...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, CMS, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), OIG, Provider, Technology
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