Just days before its original compliance date of Monday, November 2, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT announced they are extending the compliance dates for the agency’s information blocking final rule to April 5, 2021, and December 31, 2022. In this episode of HI Pitch, Matt Schlossberg, editor of the Journal of AHIMA, and Lauren Riplinger, JD, AHIMA's vice president of policy and government affairs, talk about the extension and its impact on health information professionals.