0955-AA01 201810 The Regulatory Plan and the 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 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program

The rulemaking would implement certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, including conditions and maintenance of certification requirements for health information technology (IT) developers under the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Program), the voluntary certification of health IT for use by pediatric healthcare providers and reasonable and necessary activities that do not constitute information blocking. The rulemaking would also modify the 2015 Edition health IT certification criteria and Program in additional ways to advance interoperability, enhance health IT certification, and reduce burden and costs.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes Undetermined Regulatory Not Yet Determined Pub. L. 114-255 No NPRM 11/00/2018 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