The 2015 Edition Cures Update made several changes to the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program), including new functionalities; new, removed, and revised criteria; and new requirements establishing the Conditions and Maintenance of Certification. This means that most health IT developers of certified health IT (certified health IT developers) will be required to update their certified Health IT Modules by December 31, 2022. As we approach this deadline, it is important to remember that meeting the Certification Program requirements and avoiding non-conformities is up to each certified health IT developer…
Certified health IT developers with API technology certified to the § 170.315(g)(8) Application Access- data category request criterion must update their product(s) to the § 170.315(g)(10) Standardized API for patient and population services criterion, and provide this new certified API technology to their customers by the end of the year. If certified health IT developers face challenges with successfully testing to § 170.315(g)(10), they should communicate with their ONC Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) as soon as possible and work with them to successfully test with an ONC Authorized Testing Lab (ONC-ATL) by the deadline.
Certified health IT developers with Health IT Modules certified to § 170.315(g)(8) who do not intend to update their Health IT Modules to § 170.315(g)(10) should engage their ONC-ACB to change their product(s) listing(s) on the Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL). This will ensure that the § 170.315(g)(8) criterion is removed from their active listed certificates before or by December 31, 2022. Any actions by a certified health IT developer after December 31, 2022, to reduce the scope of an applicable Health IT Module’s certification once it is non-compliant is prohibited (§ 170.523(o)) and could result in Certification Program consequences (such as a certification ban (§170.581(a)(1)(ii)-(iv))).
In the event a certified health IT developer has not properly updated or changed its product(s) certification(s), or certified to § 170.315(g)(10) and provided its upgraded API technology to its users by the end of the year, ONC may initiate a Direct Review (§170.580(a)(2)(iii)) for non-compliance with the API Maintenance of Certification requirement. ONC may also require the developer to submit and complete a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) that meets the requirements and return to compliance with the Certification Program requirements… Read the full article here.
