June 13, 2022
The Honorable Xavier Becerra
Secretary, US Department of Health & Human Services
200 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Dear Secretary Becerra:
On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge you to direct the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the US Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to collectively work together to provide additional education to providers related to the information blocking laws and requirements and to consider issuing corrective action warning communications to providers prior to imposing any disincentives related to an information blocking adjudication in the future.
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