0938-AT79 201904 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Interoperability and Patient Access (CMS-9115-F)

To support this Administration’s goals of interoperability, as well as the vision of the 21st Century Cures Act and EO 13813, this rule responds to comments received on the proposal regarding policy changes to move the health care industry toward a more accessible and interoperable health care ecosystem.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Regulatory 42 CFR 406 and 407 42 CFR 422 and 423 ... 42 U.S.C. 1395 42 U.S.C. 1302 Pub. L. 111-148 Statutory Final 03/04/2022 MMA sec. 902 requires Medicare final rules to publish within 3 years of a proposed or interim final rule. Per the CMS notice published December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78442), except for certain Medicare payment regulations and certain other statutorily-mandated regulations, we schedule all Medicare final regulations for publication within the 3-year standardized time limit in the current Unified Agenda. We do not intend to delay publishing a Medicare final regulation for 3 years if we are able to publish it sooner. No NPRM 03/04/2019 84 FR 7610 NPRM Comment Period Extended 04/23/2019 84 FR 16834 NPRM Comment Period End 05/03/2019 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 06/03/2019 Final Action 03/00/2022 No Federal State No No No Alexandra Mugge Director & Chief Health Informatics Officer, Health Informatics and Interoperability Group 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-4457 alexandra.mugge@cms.hhs.gov Office of Healthcare Experience and Interoperability, MS: C5-02-00, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244