{"id":165545,"date":"2026-03-31T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.healthit.gov\/dashboard_stats\/information-blocking-claims-numbers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:39:08","slug":"information-blocking-claims-numbers","status":"publish","type":"quick-stat","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/quickstats\/information-blocking-claims-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Blocking Claims: By the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8ff58669aacf7f13ccc5e9c8cc48d57f\"><strong>Total number of portal submissions received, number of submissions that represent claims of possible information blocking, and number of claims by type of potential actor and type of claimant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) directed ONC to implement a standardized process for the public to report claims of possible information blocking. This Quick Stats page displays data on claims or suggestions of possible information blocking<sup><a href=\"#footnote-1\">1<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;ONC has received through the Report Information Blocking Portal since April 5, 2021 \u2013 the applicability date of the information blocking regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To best understand and use the information provided, it will be important to keep the following in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Information provided about the perspectives of those submitting claims and the types of potential actors alleged to be information blocking is based solely on an ONC analyst\u2019s inference from the facts and allegations as presented by the claimant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any claim ONC receives is simply an allegation or suggestion that information blocking has occurred. Logging a portal submission as a claim does&nbsp;<em><strong>not&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>imply that an investigation has occurred or been started, or that any determination has been made as to whether information blocking has occurred.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where a claim alleges or suggests that conduct implicating the information blocking definition in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-45\/subtitle-A\/subchapter-D\/part-171\/subpart-A\/section-171.103\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"wpel-processed wpel-icon-right\">45 CFR 171.103<i class=\"wpel-icon fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>&nbsp;could possibly have occurred, any determination as to whether an information blocking actor\u2019s conduct met the information blocking definition or not would require a fact-based, case-by-case investigation and review against all elements of the information blocking definition. To learn more about the information blocking definition and all of its elements, <a href=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/information-blocking\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">https:\/\/healthit.gov\/information-blocking\/<\/a> is a good place to start. Resources available include fact sheets, recorded webinars, and frequently asked questions about the information blocking regulations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Cures Act authorizes the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Information-Blocking-Portal-Process.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" class=\"wpel-no-icon wpel-processed\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">investigate<\/a>&nbsp;any claim of information blocking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f5aa4319f8189ff16590c5bacf16ae54\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><strong>Information on submissions received through the Report Information Blocking Portal<sup><a href=\"#footnote-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Total number of information blocking portal submissions received: 1,888<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total 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One example of a \u201cnon-actor\u201d would be a company described as providing internet services where there is no indication or suggestion that the company also does anything that could cause it to meet the definition of a HIN\/HIE or \u201chealth IT developer of certified health IT\u201d as defined in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-45\/subtitle-A\/subchapter-D\/part-171\/subpart-A\/section-171.102\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"wpel-processed wpel-icon-right\">45 CFR 171.102<i class=\"wpel-icon fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cUnknown\u201d means a particular type of potential actor could not be inferred from the facts and allegations as presented by the claimant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cNon-CHPL-listed Health IT Developer\u201d means the claim identifies an entity that is not listed in the \u201cDeveloper\u201d column of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/chpl.healthit.gov\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Certified Health IT Product List<\/a>&nbsp;but the entity appears from the facts and allegations as presented by the claimant to develop or offer health information technology (as that term is defined in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/USCODE-2020-title42\/pdf\/USCODE-2020-title42-chap6A-subchapXXVIII-sec300jj.pdf\" class=\"wpel-no-icon wpel-processed\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">42 U.S.C. 300jj(5)<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A potential HIN\/HIE actor is an entity that is described as such in the claim, or who an analyst infers, based on what the claimant states in the claim, could potentially meet the definition of a health information network or health information exchange in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-45\/subtitle-A\/subchapter-D\/part-171\/subpart-A\/section-171.102#p-171.102(Health%20information%20network%20or%20health%20information%20exchange)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"wpel-processed wpel-icon-right\">45 CFR 171.102<i class=\"wpel-icon fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-footnotes\">Footnotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li id=\"footnote-1\">[1]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/USCODE-2020-title42\/pdf\/USCODE-2020-title42-chap6A-subchapXXVIII-partC-sec300jj-52.pdf\" class=\"wpel-no-icon wpel-processed\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">42 U.S.C. \u00a7 300jj\u201352<\/a>: Any information that is received by the National Coordinator in connection with a claim or suggestion of possible information blocking and that could reasonably be expected to facilitate identification of the source of the information\u2014(A) shall not be disclosed by the National Coordinator except as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this section; (B) shall be exempt from mandatory disclosure under section 552 of title 5, as provided by subsection (b)(3) of such section; And (C) may be used by the Inspector General or Federal Trade Commission for reporting purposes to the extent that such information could not reasonably be expected to facilitate identification of the source of such information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li id=\"footnote-2\">[2] From April 5, 2021 \u2013 March 31, 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li id=\"footnote-3\">[3] Examples of submissions that did not appear to be claims of possible information blocking include general policy questions and submissions with a description field containing random text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Total number of portal submissions received, number of submissions that represent claims of possible information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_selected_menu":"","_show_breadcrumbs":"true","footnotes":"[]"},"categories":[],"topics":[126,72,68,121,65],"class_list":["post-165545","quick-stat","type-quick-stat","status-publish","hentry","topics-data","topics-hit-policy","topics-information-blocking","topics-information-blocking-claim","topics-interoperability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.8.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Information Blocking Claims: By the Numbers - ONC Health IT Research &amp; 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