0955-AA01 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0955 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ONC 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Health Information Technology: Certification and Interoperability Enhancements

The rulemaking would update the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Program) by implementing certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, including conditions and maintenance of certification requirements for health information technology (IT) developers, the voluntary certification of health IT for use by pediatric healthcare providers, health information network voluntary attestation to the adoption of a trusted exchange framework and common agreement in support of network-to-network exchange, and reasonable and necessary activities that do not constitute information blocking. The rulemaking would also modify the Program through other complementary means to advance health IT certification and interoperability. 

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes Undetermined Regulatory Not Yet Determined Pub. L. 114-255 Yes NPRM 09/00/2018 Yes Businesses Governmental Jurisdictions Organizations Undetermined Undetermined Yes No Michael Lipinski Director, Regulatory and Policy Affairs Division/ Office of Policy 0955 Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ASTP/ONC 202 690-7151 michael.lipinski@hhs.gov Mail Stop: 7033A, 330 C Street SW, Washington DC 20201