Per the notice below, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an enforcement alert on its intensified efforts at stopping information blocking in health care.

Enforcement Alert: Information Blocking

Stopping information blocking to unleash innovation and empower patients and their health care providers with friction-free information is a top priority for the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administration.  The Office of Inspector General and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology are issuing an enforcement alert to signal our joint commitment to intensify enforcement activity, dedicate additional resources, and take decisive action to detect and end information blocking.  Read the Alert.