Digital health companies, investors, and other healthcare organizations should follow policy developments with a strategic lens towards their market opportunities for key potential growth .
On December 13, 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ("ONC") within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule titled "Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule that establishes disincentives for healthcare providers who violate the Information Blocking Rule (IBR).
While health care providers have been required to comply with the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule (the Rule) since April 5, 2021, as of yet there is no enforcement.