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 Stage 1 is no longer
applicable and has caused for us to reduce the number of hours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