{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-171.1001","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 171.1001","heading":"Disincentives.","body":"(a) Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services may apply the following disincentives:\n(1) An eligible hospital or critical access hospital (CAH) as defined in 42 CFR 495.4 is not a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user as also defined in 42 CFR 495.4.\n(2) A Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinician as defined in 42 CFR 414.1305, who is also a health care provider as defined in § 171.102, is not a meaningful EHR user for MIPS as defined in 42 CFR 414.1305.\n(3) Accountable care organizations (ACOs) who are health care providers as defined in § 171.102, ACO participants, and ACO providers/suppliers will be removed from, or denied approval to participate, in the Medicare Shared Savings Program as defined in 42 CFR part 425 for at least 1 year.\n(b) [Reserved]","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","SUBTITLE A—Department of Health and Human Services","SUBCHAPTER D—HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY","PART 171—INFORMATION BLOCKING","Subpart J—Disincentives for Information Blocking by Health Care Providers"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"f36387eecae81d8201dd2fc62e1f43d34cb2eef1dc412ce27b4cbd1ee3aaf90c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-171.1000","next":"us/45-cfr-171.1002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}