EHR Intelligence September 7, 2023
Enforcement of the ONC interoperability rule has begun, with civil monetary penalties of up to $1 million per information blocking violation.
It’s time for healthcare entities to take information blocking rules and regulations seriously. After all, there could be a million-dollar fine on the line.
ONC’s 2020 Cures Act Final Rule implemented key provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act to advance health data interoperability, including the prohibition of information blocking, which refers to preventing or interfering with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information (EHI).
However, without a practical enforcement mechanism for the regulation, information blocking has persisted since the final rule’s enactment in April 2021.
According to an ONC survey, over 40 percent of nonfederal acute...
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