---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 171.1101"
title: "45"
number: "171.1101"
heading: "Posting of information for actors found to have committed information blocking."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/171.1101"
---

# §171.1101. Posting of information for actors found to have committed information blocking.

- (a) **Health care providers.**
  - (1) ONC will post on its public website the following information about health care providers that have been subject to a disincentive in [§ 171.1001(a)](/cfr/45/171.1001.md?p=a) for information blocking:
    - (i) Health care provider name;
    - (ii) Business address;
    - (iii) The practice, as the term is defined in [§ 171.102](/cfr/45/171.102.md) and referenced in [§ 171.103](/cfr/45/171.103.md), found to have been information blocking, including when the practice occurred;
    - (iv) Disincentive(s) applied; and
    - (v) Where to find any additional information about the determination of information blocking that is publicly available via HHS or, where applicable, another part of the U.S. Government.
  - (2) The information specified in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section will not be posted prior to a disincentive being imposed or the completion of any administrative appeals process pursued by the health care provider, and will not include information about a disincentive that has not been applied.
  - (3) Posting of the information specified in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section will be conducted in accordance with existing rights to review information that may be associated with a disincentive specified in [§ 171.1001](/cfr/45/171.1001.md).
- (b) **Health IT developers of certified health IT and health information networks or health information exchanges.**
  - (1) ONC will post on its public website the following information, to the extent applicable, about health information networks/health information exchanges and health IT developers of certified health IT (actors) that have been determined by the HHS Office of Inspector General to have committed information blocking:
    - (i) Type of actor;
    - (ii) Actor's legal name, including any alternative or additional trade name(s) under which the actor operates;
    - (iii) The practice, as the term is defined in [§ 171.102](/cfr/45/171.102.md) and referenced in [§ 171.103](/cfr/45/171.103.md), found to have been information blocking or alleged to be information blocking in the situation specified in [paragraph (b)(2)(i)](#b-2-i) of this section, and including when the practice occurred; and
    - (iv) Where to find any additional information about the determination (or resolution of information blocking as specified in [paragraph (b)(2)(i)](#b-2-i) of this section) of information blocking that is publicly available via HHS or, where applicable, another part of the U.S. Government.
  - (2) The information specified in [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section will not be posted until one of the following occurs:
    - (i) OIG enters into a resolution of civil money penalty (CMP) liability; or
    - (ii) A CMP imposed under [subpart N](/cfr/45/subpartN.md) of [42 CFR part 1003](/cfr/42/part1003.md) has become final consistent with the procedures in [subpart O](/cfr/45/subpartO.md) of [42 CFR part 1003](/cfr/42/part1003.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj-11(c)(4).

### Source

Source: 89 FR 54718, July 1, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj-52; 5 U.S.C. 552.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 25955, May 1, 2020, unless otherwise noted.