0955-AA05 202304 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 Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers who Have Committed Information Blocking

The rulemaking implements certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act to establish appropriate disincentives for health care providers determined by the HHS Inspector General to have committed information blocking. Consistent with the 21st Century Cures Act, the rulemaking establishes a first set of disincentives using HHS authorities under applicable Federal law, including authorities delegated to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined No 45 CFR 171 42 CFR 495 42 CFR 413 42 CFR 41 42 U.S.C. 300jj–52 42 U.S.C. 1315a 42 U.S.C. 1395jjj 42 U.S.C. 1395ww 42 U.S.C. 1395f 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4 42 U.S.C. 1395yy 42 U.S.C. 1395rr 42 U.S.C. 1395f 42 U.S.C. 1395l 42 U.S.C. 195fff Yes NPRM 09/00/2023 No No None No No No No Alex Baker Federal Policy Branch Chief 0955 Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ASTP/ONC 202 690-7151 alexander.baker@hhs.gov 330 C Street SW, 7th Fl, Washington DC 20201