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ASTP Adopts New Protecting Care Access Exception

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On December 17, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP) published the Health Data,...more

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Information Blocking FAQs – The April 5th Implementation Deadline Has Passed; What Providers Need to Know

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Monday, April 5th, marked the deadline for compliance with the information blocking regulations implemented by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).  As a follow-up to our earlier FAQs on these new...more

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New ‘Information Blocking’ Compliance Obligations Take Effect April 5, 2021

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The 21st Century Cures Act (Act) and a recently adopted final rule by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will now prohibit...more

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Information Blocking in 2021

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The applicability date for the Information Blocking regulations in the ONC Cures Act Final Rule was set as November 2, 2020, but was subsequently adjusted in the ONC Interim Final Rule to April 5, 2021, in recognition of the...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2020

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Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more

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HHS releases final rules on interoperability and information blocking

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On March 9, 2020, two final rules on electronic health information were issued by the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)....more

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Can We Expect to See ONC’s Final Rule on Information Blocking Soon?

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A recent update to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) website suggests that the answer is “yes”—though that depends on how one defines “soon.” According to its website, OMB received the Office of the National...more

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Two Rules Both Alike in Dignity: CMS and ONC Release Proposed Rules to Advance Interoperability

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On Feb. 11, 2019, two Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), released...more

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Analyzing ONC’s Proposed Rule: Fee Restrictions for Health IT and EHI

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The ONC recently released a proposed rule under the 21st Century Cures Act to promote interoperability of health IT and advance access, exchange or use of electronic health information. If finalized, the proposed rule would...more

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ONC Proposes to Define Conduct That Is Not Information Blocking under the Cures Act

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The ONC finally released its long-awaited proposed rule to implement the “information blocking” prohibition of the 21st Century Cures Act by identifying conduct that is not information blocking. If finalized, ONC’s proposed...more

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