On March 9, 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), the federal agency in charge of coordinating nationwide healthcare information technology, or health IT, published a long-awaited final rule: 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program or the Information Blocking Rule. Two of eight exceptions in the rule that would absolve a party from charges of information blocking might apply to ASCs.