{"id":31352,"date":"2023-11-08T19:01:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=31352"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:39:23","slug":"hhs-releases-proposed-rule-for-information-blocking-disincentives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/hhs-releases-proposed-rule-for-information-blocking-disincentives\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS Releases Proposed Rule for Information Blocking Disincentives"},"content":{"rendered":"

IMAT Data-as-a-Service Solution Viable Option for Enhancing Clinical Data Integration Capabilities<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week, HHS released a proposed rule<\/a> for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers who have committed information blocking. <\/p>\n

This is when a provider knowingly and unreasonably interferes with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information except as required by law or covered by a regulatory exception, according to HHS.<\/p>\n

The disincentives impacts eligible hospital or critical access hospital (CAH) under the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program, as well as Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores. In addition, under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), information blocking may result in a healthcare provider being removed from an ACO or prevented from joining an ACO.<\/p>\n

While this public comment period is open until January 2, 2024, it is obvious that HHS is taking significant steps to counter information blocking. <\/p>\n

For example, earlier this year, HHS published a final rule<\/a> that could subject health IT developers of certified health IT, entities offering certified health IT, health information exchanges and health information networks to a $1 million penalty per information blocking violation.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, this reinforces the need for data sharing which is crucial for enhancing patient care and outcomes. It enables healthcare providers to access comprehensive patient data, leading to better-informed decisions, more accurate diagnoses, and improved treatment plans. <\/p>\n

Additionally, data sharing promotes care coordination, streamlines administrative processes, and reduces costs. It also empowers patients, supports medical research, and underpins advancements in telemedicine, personalized medicine, and healthcare quality.<\/p>\n

This legislation promotes interoperability and aims to ensure that patient data is readily available to authorized users when and where it is needed. The IMAT Data-as-a-Service (DaaS)<\/a> solution offers data source interoperability through effectively connecting and collecting data directly from the source. <\/p>\n

Are you looking to establish data exchanges within your provider networks? <\/p>\n

Please contact us<\/a> to schedule a 20-minute demo of the IMAT DaaS solution with our experts who have a combined 40 years of experience in healthcare informatics.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IMAT Data-as-a-Service Solution Viable Option for Enhancing Clinical Data Integration Capabilities Last week, HHS released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers who have committed information blocking. This is when a provider knowingly and unreasonably interferes with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information except as required by law or covered by a regulatory exception, according to HHS. The disincentives impacts eligible hospital or critical access hospital…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":31354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[202],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31353,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31352\/revisions\/31353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}