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$1 million info blocking fines are now fair game
A decades-long campaign by Washington regulators and lawmakers to free up patients’ data cleared a crucial milestone last week: health IT vendors, like electronic health records companies, and health information networks are now potentially subject to up to $1 million penalties for obstructing the transfer of patients’ electronic health information, a practice known as information blocking. (While the 2016 Cures law banned the practice, and regulators have been clarifying exemptions for years, offenders haven’t faced legal consequences until now.)
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