In an effort to provide additional relief to a health care system strained by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (“ONC”) released an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (“IFC”) on October 29, 2020 that extends the compliance dates under the 21st Century Cures Act Interoperability, Information Blocking, and ONC Health IT Certification Program Final Rule (the “Final Rule”) and offers some technical corrections and clarifications.
Of particular interest to health care providers, health IT developers and health information networks and exchanges, the IFC extends for five months (from November 2, 2020 to April 5, 2020) the deadline to comply with the Final Rule’s information blocking provisions. The Final Rule also extends the compliance timeframes to meet the updated 2015 Edition Health IT certification criteria, and the Conditions and Maintenance of Certification requirements under ONC’s Health IT Certification Program.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Extends Compliance Deadlines under Interoperability Final Rule
More Issues
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 29, 2026
The Department of Justice revised the Justice Manual to limit the use of sub-regulatory guidance in False Claims Act enforcement and to direct attorneys…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 22, 2026
Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid supplemental funding to Texas hospitals will be restored, ending a year-long impasse between Texas and the federal government. Gov.…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 15, 2026
The D.C. Circuit held that a manufacturer’s offer of up to $70,000 in fertility support to patients prescribed its gene therapy would violate the…