Feds to start more enforcement
The Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) announced it will begin enforcing “health IT information blocking” penalties on 9/1/2023
- Part of the 21st Century Cures Act
- Certified health IT developers and entities and health information exchanges and networks can be penalized $1 million for interfering with the access, exchange and use of electronic PHI (EHI)
- Requires that patients can access structured and unstructured PHI at no cost
- DHHS has NOT yet established a rule for healthcare providers