Lexology January 12, 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 ONC set forth in the HTI-1 proposed rule but does not finalize the controversial proposal on patient-requested restrictions for certain data uses and disclosures (sometimes referred to as data segmentation).
This On the Subject discusses the final rule’s updates to select standards, criteria and requirements of the...