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ONC offers new compliance extension for information blocking rules
The updated interim final rule, meant to offer providers and developers more flexibility as they respond to COVID-19, also pushes out health IT certification requirements. Healthcare stakeholders will have a bit of extra time to get their ducks in a row for the information blocking rules and IT certification requirements outlined in the 21st Century Cures Act.
The original due date was coming soon: next Monday, November 2.
The info blocking applicability date is now April 5, 2021 – while new requirements around standardized API functionality have been pushed out to New Year’s Eve 2022.
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