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Autonomous Coding Arrives as the Certification Backstop Narrows

Health systems are handing chart coding to autonomous AI just as ONC's HTI-5 rule shrinks federal certification oversight, leaving governance entirely in-house.

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The Deregulation That Didn't Touch the Hard Part

ONC's HTI-5 rule cuts health IT certification costs but leaves Cures Act information blocking exposure exactly where it was.

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ONC Just Narrowed the Safety Net. Hospitals Own What's Left.

ONC's HTI-5 rule cuts health IT certification costs and defers information blocking enforcement, leaving hospitals to document their own AI control points.

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ONC Trims Certification, Not the Compliance Exposure Behind It

HTI-5 strips functionality-based certification criteria and defers information blocking changes, leaving health systems and EHR vendors to assess their own exposure.