Joint Letter Re: Coalition Urges ONC to Delay Enforcement of Information Blocking Compliance Deadlines

Joint letter to ONC urging for a delay of the information blocking deadline as COVID-19 has strained resources and time of health care workers.

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Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; ONC, 21st [Twenty-first] Century Cures Act; Cures Act; information blocking; information blocking deadline; information blocking compliance; electronic health records; EHR; EHRs; Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; HITECH; public health emergency; PHE; COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; interoperability; clinician burden; Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services; CMS; enforcement discretion; Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General; HHS-OIG; extension; Promoting Interoperability program; PI Program; Merit-based Incentive Payment System; MIPS; AHA; AMA; AMIA; CHIME; FAH; MGMA; Premier.

Tue, 09/29/2020 - 2:49 PM EDT

Thu, 10/01/2020 - 2:39 PM EDT

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joint_letter_re-coalition_urges_onc_to_delay_enforcement_of_information_blocking_compliance_deadlines_sept_2020.pdf

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