0938-AT38 201710 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 Administrative Simplification; Health Care Claims Attachments (CMS-0053-P)

This proposed rule would adopt standards and operating rules for attachments based on statutory requirements introduced in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and reinforced in the Affordable Care Act.  In general, it would apply to circumstances in which a provider attaches clinical information to a transaction that it is being transmitted to a health plan. We are required to adopt standards to facilitate the electronic exchange of clinical information.

]]> Economically Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes Undetermined Deregulatory 45 CFR 162 42 U.S.C. 1320d-1 to 1320d-4 No NPRM 08/00/2018 Undetermined Businesses Governmental Jurisdictions Federal State No No No Daniel Kalwa Deputy Director, National Standards Group 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-1352 daniel.kalwa@cms.hhs.gov Office of Burden Reduction and Health Informatics, MS: C3-09-27, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244