The Recovery Act expands the use of health information technology (HIT) and certified electronic health records (EHRs) to improve the quality and value of health care. The Recovery Act establishes incentive payments to Medicare, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO)-affiliated eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) to promote the adoption and meaningful use (MU) of interoperable HIT and EHRs. These provisions, together with Title XIII of Division A of the Recovery Act, may be cited as the "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act" or "HITECH Act" which authorizes CMS to develop the incentive programs, key to enticing providers to use HIT. All proposed information collection requirements are necessary to implement the HITECH Act.
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 Title XIII:130001-13424 Name of Law: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 Subtitle A - Section 3006 Name of Law: Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 4101 Name of Law: Incentives for Eligible Professionals
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 4103 Name of Law: Treatment of payments and savings; impelmentation funding
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 4201 Name of Law: Medicaid Provider HIT adoption and operation payemtns; implementation funding
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 4102 Name of Law: Incentives for Hospitals
The previous package included burden for both Stage 1 and Stage 2. Stage 1 is no longer applicable and has caused for us to reduce the number of hours required, this change also takes into account the streamlined objectives and measures in Modified Stage 2. Additionally, we note that this burden reduction would occur as a result of the reduced numbers of eligible professionals, as they have transitioned to the Quality Payment Program.We also note that the currently approved burden in hours are 4,792,112 and as a result of the changes discussed above those hours are reduced to 575,427 hours.
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.
CMS-10336.Supporting Statement Part A 6-21-18.docx
495.342 - Frequency of Health Information Technology (HIT) Implementation Advanced Planning Document (IAPD) Updates