0938-AT38 202404 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: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachment Transactions and Electronic Signatures (CMS-0053)

This rule finalizes new standards for health plans and providers to support both health care claims transactions, and standards for electronic signatures to be used in conjunction with health care attachments transactions.  Additionally, this rule finalizes a regulatory change that implements requirements of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-152), enacted on March 30, 2010, (collectively, the ACA).

]]> Section 3(f)(1) Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes State, local, or tribal governments Private Sector 45 CFR 162 42 U.S.C. 1320d-1 to 1320d-4 No NPRM 12/21/2022 87 FR 78438 NPRM Comment Period End 03/21/2023 NPRM Comment Period Extended 03/24/2023 88 FR 17780 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 04/21/2023 Final Action 11/00/2024 No Federal State Yes 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