Department of Health and Human Services March 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This proposed rule would implement sections of the Affordable Care Act that require Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) providers and suppliers to disclose certain current and previous affiliations with other providers and suppliers. This proposed rule would also provide CMS with additional authority to deny or revoke a provider's or supplier's Medicare enrollment. In addition, this proposed rule would require that to order, certify, refer or prescribe any Part A or B service, item or drug, a physician or, when permitted, an eligible professional must be enrolled in Medicare in an approved status or have validly opted-out of the Medicare program.

This notice fulfills obligations under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Title XIII of Division A and Title IV of Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5), which amended the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Section 3003(b)(3) of the PHSA mandates that the Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC) develop an annual schedule for the assessment of policy recommendations developed by the Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC) and publish the schedule in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills the requirements of section 3003(b)(3) and updates the HITSC schedule posted in the Federal Register on August 10, 2015. This notice also meets the requirements under sections 3002(e) and 3003(e) for publication in the Federal Register of recommendations made by the HITPC and HITSC, respectively. Further, this notice serves to meet the requirements of section 3004(a)(3) for publication in the Federal Register of determinations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding HITSC-recommended certification criteria endorsed by the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.