0938-AS26 201510 The Regulatory Plan and the 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 Incentive Program--Stage 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017 (CMS-3310-F)

This final rule specifies the requirements that eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals must meet in order to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments and avoid downward payment adjustments under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.  In addition, it changes the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs reporting period in 2015 to a 90-day period aligned with the calendar year.  This rule also removes reporting requirements on measures that have become redundant, duplicative, or topped out from the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs.  In addition, this rule establishes the requirements for Stage 3 of the program as optional in 2017 and required for all participants beginning in 2018.  The rule continues to encourage the electronic submission of clinical quality measure data, establishes requirements to transition the program to a single stage, and aligns reporting for providers in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions Yes No Section 610 Review 45 CFR 170 42 CFR 412 42 CFR 413 42 CFR 495 Pub. L. 111-5, title IV of Division B Statutory Final 03/30/2018 MMA section 902. No NPRM 03/30/2015 80 FR 16732 NPRM Comment Period End 05/29/2015 Final Action 10/16/2015 80 FR 62762 Final Action Effective 12/12/2015 Yes Businesses Governmental Jurisdictions Organizations Federal State No Yes No 0991-AB93 Related to 0938-AS58 Merged with 0955 Common Elizabeth Holland S. Technical Advisor 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