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The department said it plans to hold providers and IT developers accountable for limiting the use and exchange of electronic health information. The Department of Health and Human Services announced ...

While comments on HHS' proposed rules on information blocking disincentives for Medicare providers aren't due until January 2, 2024, with no set date for publication of a final rule, "the federal ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is locking in its enforcement strategy to keep healthcare providers from blocking access to electronic health information. On Monday morning the ...

Electronic health records company PointClickCare is asking a district court to throw out Real Time Medical Systems' lawsuit alleging information blocking. PointClickCare filed a renewed motion to ...

The HHS released the proposed information blocking penalties for providers in the fall, years after rules went into effect that banned preventing the exchange of health data. Regulators also finalized ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has released a final rule on information blocking. The rule establishes disincentives for healthcare providers who engage in practices they know are ...

HHS released a final rule on information blocking Dec. 17, amending two exceptions from previous information blocking rules and clarifying additional activities that don’t constitute information ...

The ONC is planning to take action to enforce more open data sharing between systems to advance interoperability. Health information blocking is the act of “knowingly and unreasonably interfering with ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently took a significant step toward improving patient care and reducing healthcare costs by finalizing rules that establish disincentives for ...