The Cures Act Final Rule: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program

Dan Golder, DDS, MBA, Principal, and Larry Katzovitz, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors. This teleconference will examine the recent “21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Final Rule” (referred to now as simply the “Cures Act”), a follow up to CMS’ and ONC’s earlier proposed rules.

Dan and Larry provide a high-level overview of the Cures Act, and its potential implications and impact to providers, patients and health systems.  Highlights include a high-level review of the provisions and content of the Cures Act; review of specified exceptions to Information Blocking and their implications; review of EHR certification updates, and impacts to providers and health systems; finalization of the USCDI and its implications; details on Patient Access and APIs; and top five things that providers and health care organizations should be doing now to prepare.