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GAO-16-181R 1 (2015-10-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadroy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: c AO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-327450 October 29, 2015 The Honorable Lamar Alexander Chairman The Honorable Patty Murray Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable Fred Upton Chairman The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary: 2015 Edition Health Information Technology (Health IT) Certification Criteria, 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) Definition, and ONC Health IT Certification Program Modifications Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary entitled 2015 Edition Health Information Technology (Health IT) Certification Criteria, 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) Definition, and ONC Health IT Certification Program Modifications (RIN: 0991-AB93). We received the rule on October 6, 2015. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on October 16, 2015. 80 Fed. Reg. 62,602. The final rule finalizes a new edition of certification criteria (the 2015 Edition health IT certification criteria or 2015 Edition) and a new 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) definition, while also modifying the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Certification Program to make it open and accessible to more types of health IT and health IT that supports various care and practice settings. The 2015 Edition establishes the capabilities and specifies the related standards and implementation specifications that Certified Electronic Health Record Technology would need to include to, at a minimum, support the achievement of meaningful use by eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs (EHR Incentive Programs) when such edition is required for use under these programs. Enclosed is our assessment of HHS's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801 (a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review of the procedural steps taken indicates that HHS complied with the applicable requirements. GAO-16-181R

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