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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released a final rule titled Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Protecting Care Access. The rule (also known as the HTI-3 Final Rule), finalizes the information blocking provisions that the CAP commented on in October 2024 as part of the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) Proposed Rule. Information blocking is a practice that, except as required by law or covered by an exception, is likely to interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information.
With the HTI-3 Final Rule, the HHS finalized provisions to help providers support patient wishes for the release of their health data. The CAP has advocated for greater flexibility and more expansive use of the legal exceptions to the information blocking regulations. HHS adopted provisions that are consistent with the CAP recommendations.
A summary of the HTI-3 Final Rule is available online. Although this is a final rule, it is subject to administrative review by the incoming Trump Administration.
The CAP will update members on any further developments to this final rule.