The HHS released the proposed information blocking penalties for providers in the fall, years after rules went into effect that banned preventing the exchange of health data. Regulators also finalized penalties for health IT developers over the summer, allowing the government to begin investigating a backlog of complaints.
Under the proposed rule, hospitals participating in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program could lose 75% of the annual market basket increase, while critical access hospitals would see their payments reduced to 100% of reasonable costs instead of 101%.
