Becker's Healthcare August 7, 2018
Jessica Kim Cohen

ONC head Don Rucker, MD, said the agency’s information blocking rule won’t be released until September, according to the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

Dr. Rucker announced the new timeline for the rule, which has been delayed several times since the agency was tasked with developing it under the 21st Century Cures Act, during the ONC’s second annual interoperability forum Aug. 6 in Washington, D.C.

Former President Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law December 2016.

Information blocking is commonly defined as a healthcare provider or vendor creating a barrier that inhibits the exchange of health information. However, Dr. Rucker said defining which behaviors constitute information blocking is “hard to sort out.”

Dr. Rucker stressed the ONC’s information...

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