The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was
enacted on March 23, 2010. Section 6409 of the ACA requires the
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the
"Secretary"), in cooperation with the Office of Inspector General
of the Department of Health and Human Services (the "Inspector
General"), to establish a Medicare self-referral disclosure
protocol ("SRDP") that sets forth a process to enable providers of
services and suppliers to self-disclose actual or potential
violations of the physician self-referral statute, section 1877 of
the Social Security Act (the Act). In accordance with the ACA, the
SRDP was established on September 23, 2010, six months after the
date of enactment, and information concerning how to disclose an
actual or potential violation of section 1877 of the Act was posted
on the CMS website.
US Code:
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USC 1395nn Name of Law: Limitation on Certain Physician
Referrals
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 148 6409 Name of Law: Medicare self-referral
disclosure protocol.
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.