The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services directed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop a new demonstration initiative using Medicare waiver authority to reward the delivery of high-quality care supported by the adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs). This continues to be a critical priority under the current administration. The goal of this demonstration is to foster the implementation and adoption of EHRs and health information technology (HIT) more broadly as effective vehicles to improve the quality of care provided and transform the way medicine is practiced and delivered. Adoption of HIT has the potential to provide significant savings to the Medicare program and improve the quality of care rendered to Medicare beneficiaries.The EHR Demonstration system will enable practices to update critical demonstration information on line in a secure, web-enabled environment, thereby facilitating timely and more accurate updates and processing of information. Thus, the EHR Demonstration system (EHRDS) does not reflect a request for new or additional data beyond what practices are already providing to CMS and its contractors. Rather it represents an effort to streamline and improve what has been a more 'ad hoc' process for providing the same information.
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Pub.L. 108 - 173 649
Name of Law: Medicare Care Management Performance (MCMP) Demonstration
By implementing a secure web based system for updating demonstration practice information, we are streamlining a process which currently requires practices to provide written notification to CMS staff and/or contractors who then must update a PC based system. The current process can be cumbersome and, because of the lack of automated validation, has the potential for errors and inconsistent information. As a result we also often do not get timely updates from practices. Web enabling this process will make it easier for practices to provide timely and accurate updates to information that is critical to CMS in implementing the demonstration. As a result, this system will contribute towards more complete and accurate reporting by and payments to the practices. This system will also provide a platform for developing future tools to manage applications and provider / practice information updates for future demonstrations and programs.
$246,000
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Uncollected
Bonnie Harkless 4107865666
Reginfo record details
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Crosswalk_4192010.doc
Electronic Health Records (EHR) Demonstration System (EHRDS) - practice application and profile update system(CMS-10165)