0938-AP78 201004 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program (CMS-0033-F) Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions Yes No Not Yet Determined PL 111-5 (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Title IV of Division B, Medicare and Medicaid Health Information Technology) Statutory Other 01/01/2011 Date can start incentive payments to eligible professionals (Medicare). Statutory Other 10/01/2010 Date can start incentive payments to hospitals (Medicare). Establishes policies and procedures required before the incentive program can begin. Additionally, supplemental payments are available in 2011 and 2012. If eligible professionals and hospitals are not meaningful Electronic Health Record users by 2015, there will be a Medicare payment adjustment imposed. Yes NPRM 01/13/2010 75 FR 1843 NPRM Comment Period End 03/15/2010 Final Action 01/00/2013 Undetermined State No No No 0991-AB58 Related to Elizabeth Holland S. 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-1309 elizabeth.holland@cms.hhs.gov Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, MS: S2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244