Podcast: Interoperability: Information Blocking Claims and Enforcement - Diagnosing Health Care
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The finalization of information blocking exceptions were announced just in the "St. Nick" of time by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP), formerly known as...more
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released the anticipated Common Agreement Version 2.0 on April 22, 2024. Since 2016, the ONC has been working to implement the requirements of the...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) on October 30, 2023, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to establish penalties for healthcare providers found to have committed information blocking. This...more
On April 18, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) formally published its proposed rule titled Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm...more
In this episode, Gina Bertolini and Stephen Page discuss the most recent Information Blocking Rule compliance deadline. Using a recent letter from several health care providers and other stakeholders to the Office of the...more
How have complaints of information blocking been submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), and by whom? What does government enforcement action really look like? In this episode of our special series on...more
Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) issued regulations under the 21st Century Cures Act advancing the interoperability of electronic health...more
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published noteworthy information blocking claim submission trends to date in its recent Information Blocking Claims: By the Numbers post on the...more
On February 28, 2022, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued data on information blocking claims received since April 5, 2021, the effective date of information blocking...more
Patients may think they own their medical records. While patients certainly have the right to access and, in many cases, control how their health information is used and disclosed, medical records ownership can be murky....more
Recently, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued a new series of helpful FAQs related to its information blocking regulations. The new FAQs cover a wide range of topics, including the content and...more
As of April 5, 2021, health information technology companies and developers are required to comply with the information blocking provisions of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) and the Office of the...more
Our podcast series features AGG attorneys and guests discussing challenges they’ve encountered when assisting clients on business and legal issues related to the Technology industry. While all topics will have a legal...more
On May 1, 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) published its final rule, commonly referred to as the “Information Blocking Rule,” implementing certain provisions of the 21st...more
Although the 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Final Rule ("Final Rule") was published on May 1, 2020, there are prohibitions and exceptions regarding...more
Background - On December 13, 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act (the “Cures Act”) was signed into law and made changes to the Public Health Service Act related to health information technology. The Office of the National...more
Since last year, the Husch Blackwell privacy attorneys have been working with various healthcare providers—from hospitals to hospices, to independent physician groups—to comply with the Information Blocking rule (the Rule)...more
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
On April 5, 2021, covered actors, which include health care providers, certified health information technology developers, and health information networks and exchanges, will be prohibited from taking any action that is...more
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
The 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule's applicability date of April 5, 2021, is just around the corner. Nevertheless, healthcare providers are still struggling with understanding their obligations under the new...more
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
On Jan. 15, 2021, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) posted additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on information blocking. The FAQs help resolve some of the lingering questions in the industry about complying...more
In this week’s episode, Gina Bertolini discusses two important aspects of the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule that directly relate to health care providers, and how those aspects of the Final Rule will...more
On November 4, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published an interim final rule with comment period in the Federal Register that...more