The American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111-5) was enacted on February
17, 2009. The Recovery Act includes many measures to modernize our
nation's infrastructure and improve affordable health care.
Expanded use of health information technology (HIT) and certified
electronic health record (EHR) technology will improve the quality
and value of America's health care. Title IV of Division B of the
Recovery Act amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act
(the Act) by establishing incentive payments to eligible
professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access
hospitals (CAHs), and Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations
participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs that adopt and
successfully demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR
technology. These Recovery Act 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 the
“HITECH Act.”. We are collecting information from participants in
the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs in order to
collect data regarding the objectives and measures reported on by
eligible entities. We are proposing a new scoring system in the
2019 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule. We
are proposing a new scoring system for Stage 3 of meaningful use
for Medicare eligible hospitals and CAH with new measures that can
be optionally reported. We believe this new scoring system will
reduce burden on providers as we are moving from an approach where
they need to report on all measures to one where they choose which
measures are more applicable to their particular service.
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 Title IV of Division B
Name of Law: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 Title XIII of Division A Name of Law: The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
We note that the number of
respondents in the approved burden is 641,494. As a result of
program changes, we note that this will be reduced to 83,489
respondents. The burden hours have decreased from 4,230,155 to
623,562.
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No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Uncollected
William Parham
4107864669
No
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-10552_Supporting_Statement_Part_A 12 13 2018.docx
?495.24(d) Objectives/Measures Medicaid (eligible hospitals/CAHs)