Lexology October 23, 2024
McDermott Will & Emery

On October 8, 2024, Micky Tripathi, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP), released a blog post titled “Getting Real About Information Blocking and APIs.” In the post, Tripathi notes that ASTP is “highly concerned” about reports that developers of application programming interfaces (APIs) certified under ASTP’s Health IT Certification Program are engaging in practices that violate the Certification Program’s conditions and maintenance of certification requirements specific to certified APIs and ASTP’s information blocking regulations adopted under the 21st Century Cures Act. The blog post, which notes that ASTP has received “hundreds” of information blocking complaints, appears to be a warning to developers of health information technology certified under the Health IT...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), Provider, Technology
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