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        <RIN>0991-AB82</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201110</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0991</CODE>
            <NAME>Office of the Secretary</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>OS</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>0900</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>HHS</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Health Information Technology: New and Revised Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The final rule that established the initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria was published in the Federal Register on July 28, 2010.  The initial set represented the first round of an incremental approach to adopting future sets of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria to enhance electronic health record (EHR) interoperability, functionality, and utility.  Under the authority provided by section 3004 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), this notice of proposed rulemaking would propose that the Secretary adopt revisions to the initial set as well as new standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria.  The proposed new and revised standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria would establish the technical capabilities that certified EHR technology would need to include to support meaningful use under the CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>45 CFR 170</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 300jj-14</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <RPLAN_INFO>
            <STMT_OF_NEED><![CDATA[The final rule that established the initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria was published in the Federal Register on July 28, 2010.  The initial set represented the first round of an incremental approach to adopting future sets of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for electronic health record (EHR) technology.  In a notice of proposed rulemaking, the Secretary would propose new and revised standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria that would establish the technical capabilities that certified EHR technology would need to include in order to support meaningful use under the CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.]]></STMT_OF_NEED>
            <LEGAL_BASIS><![CDATA[Under the authority provided by section 3004 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), the Secretary would propose to adopt revisions to the initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria and propose new standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria.]]></LEGAL_BASIS>
            <ALTERNATIVES><![CDATA[No alternatives are available because eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals under the CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs are required to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology.  This rule ensures that the certification requirements necessary to support the achievement of meaningful use Stage 2 keep pace with the changes to the requirements in the CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.]]></ALTERNATIVES>
            <COSTS_AND_BENEFITS><![CDATA[EHR technology developers seeking certification are expected to incur costs related to EHR technology redesign, reprogramming, and new capability development. Benefits include greater standardization and increased EHR technology interoperability and functionality.]]></COSTS_AND_BENEFITS>
            <RISKS><![CDATA[Absent a rulemaking, it is unlikely that currently certified EHR technology would include the requisite capacities to support an eligible professional's, eligible hospital's, or critical access hospital's achievement of meaningful use under the CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.]]></RISKS>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/00/2012</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Steven</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Posnack</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Policy Analyst</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0991</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of the Secretary</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 690-7151</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>steven.posnack@hhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, 200 Independence Avenue SW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20201</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
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