Entreprise · 29/11/20102 min de lecture
Privacy Act of 1974; Report of New System of Records
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Résumé
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, CMS is establishing a new system of records (SOR) titled, "Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program National Level Repository" System No. 09-70-0587. The final rule for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program implements the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111-5). Specifically, Title IV of Division B of the Recovery Act amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (the Act) by establishing incentive payments to eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) and Medicare Advantage (MA) Organizations participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs that adopt and successfully demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. These Recovery Act provisions, together with Title XIII of Division A of the Recovery Act, may be cited as the "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act," or the "HITECH Act." The final rule specified the initial criteria EPs, eligible hospitals and CAHs, and MA Organizations must meet in order to q