STAT June 24, 2024
Mohana Ravindranath

The federal government has cemented a key part of its strategy for making patients’ medical records transfer easier: setting disincentives for providers engaging in what’s known as “information blocking.”

In a final rule released Monday, the Health and Human Services Department outlined financial consequences for hospitals, clinicians, and accountable care organizations if they interfere with or discourage the access or use of electronic health information, including by patients, except in certain...

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