Healthcare Innovation June 24, 2024
Pietje Kobus

In a press conference hosted by the ONC, representatives detailed HHS’ information-blocking disincentives with financial consequences for healthcare providers.

In a June 24 press conference by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), representatives discussed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) final rule establishing disincentives for healthcare providers committing the blocking of electronic health information exchange.

The Cures Act’s information-blocking regulations took effect on April 5, 2021, but the disincentives rule had not been finalized until now, wrote Healthcare Innovation’s David Raths in an article on June 24.

Steven Posnack, the Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, explained that the 21st Century Cures Act identified three different types of actors covered by...

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