Health Tech Companies Advised to Prep for Data Sharing in Delay

Health technology companies have a little extra time before risking hefty penalties for withholding patient heath information—and they should spend it getting ready for the new rules, a health attorney recommended.

In a proposal hitting the Federal Register Friday, the Inspector General’s Office at the Department of Health and Human Services said it will hold off on enforcing the data-sharing rules. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s final rule ensuring patients have access to their health data won’t be published until May 1. Companies will get an additional three months to prepare for the standards as ...