As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is required to disincentivize information blocking by healthcare providers. In the attached letter, HIMSS provides recommendations in response to proposed financial disincentives and a website detailing information blocking actions by providers detailed in the 21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking proposed rule