ONC Releases Final Rule on Information Blocking and Health IT Certification Program Updates, Including Requirements Related to AI

Lexology January 3, 2024
Crowell & Moring LLP

On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Final Rule.

The HTI-1 Final Rule finalizes statutory requirements required by the 21^stCentury Cures Act (Cures Act) to issue policies on information blocking and the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program). In addition, the HTI-1 Final Rule’s predictive decision support interventions (DSI) provisions align with the President’s recent Executive Order (EO) to advance trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI).

ONC published a general overview and fact sheet on the HTI-1 Final Rule.

Summary of Proposals

The HTI-1 Final Rule finalizes information blocking...

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