Lexology January 3, 2024
On December 13, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) final rule to update ONC Health IT Certification Program requirements and amend the information blocking regulations that ONC issued under the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act). The HTI-1 final rule substantially finalizes policies that ONC proposed in the HTI-1 proposed rule. This On the Subject discusses the final rule’s information blocking provisions, which are intended to support the sharing of electronic health information (EHI), but also include new and expanded exceptions to the information blocking prohibition applicable to health IT...