Healthcare DIVE September 28, 2020
The Trump administration may push back deadlines for healthcare companies to comply with information blocking and interoperability regulations for a second time as providers face ongoing stress from COVID-19.
“We’ve had some adjustments to the timing of our rule and the companion CMS rule, and we’re monitoring closely the situation in terms of further adjustments,” Don Rucker, head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, said Thursday at CB Insight’s Future of Health conference. “All I can say at this point is we’re actively aware of the COVID pandemic and looking at any needed changes.”
HHS has sent the Office of Management and Budget an interim final rule, called Information Blocking and the ONC Health IT Certification...