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In light of COVID-19, ONC issued an interim final rule with comment period (IFC) that gives health IT developers and health care providers flexibilities to effectively respond to the serious public health threats posed by the spread of COVID-19. The IFC extends certain applicability and compliance dates and timeframes in the 21^st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Final Rule (ONC Cures Act Final Rule), including applicability and compliance dates for the information blocking provisions, certain 2015 Edition health IT certification criteria, and Conditions and Maintenance of Certification requirements under the ONC Health IT Certification Program. The IFC also updated certain standards and made technical corrections and clarifications to the ONC Cures Act Final Rule, which was published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2020.