ONC Delays Timeframes for Information Blocking and Changes To Health IT Certification Program
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) announced an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (“IFC”) delaying compliance dates and timeframes for information blocking and the health IT certification program. This delay will come as a welcome change for “Actors” (i.e., health care providers and developers of certified Health IT) struggling to implement changes amid the COVID pandemic.
Background
ONC issued the…