Information blocking review, ‘disincentive’ processes need work, MGMA says

Medical Economics January 2, 2024
Richard Payerchin

Federal regulators consider rules required to stifle information blocking and promote interoperability.

Financial penalties should be a last resort, not a first step, in dealing with medical practices that commit information blocking, according to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).

Jan. 2, 2024, marked the end of a public comment period on proposed rules to create “disincentives” for health care organizations that engage in information blocking. Federal regulators have published potential penalties that could result in hospitals and physician groups paying thousands of dollars, possibly into hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Those are too harsh, MGMA Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Anders Gilberg said in a Jan. 2 letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare...

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