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 regulations enacted under the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act). As a reminder, in accordance with the Cures Act’s prohibition on certain
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HHS/Office of the National Coordinator issues report that health information sharing is being blocked to gain a competitive edge
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in HIPAA and Health Information
In a scathing report released last Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) accused hospitals and software vendors of preventing the sharing of health information in order for hospitals to prevent patients from being referred to or seeking treatment at nonaffiliated providers and electronic medical record vendors to…