HealthIT Answers June 1, 2022
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By Steven Posnack, M.S., M.H.S., Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

While the federal government’s budget planning processes may have a certain mystique to them, some interesting tidbits are always in federal agency budgets if you know where to look. Fear not, because this blog post highlights a new legislative proposal associated with information blocking that’s been put forward by the Biden-Harris Administration for HHS. Specifically, the Administration has requested that Congress provide HHS with the authority to issue binding “advisory opinions” for the information blocking regulations as part of our implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act).

The President’s fiscal year (FY) budget proposals are published every spring for the forthcoming fiscal year. This process is...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, Congress / White House, Cures Act, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), Provider, Technology
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