Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability and Patient Access for Medicare Advantage Organization and Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, CHIP Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, and Health Care Providers
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2020-05-01 · Effective 2020-06-30 · 85 FR 25510
Document
Document number
2020-05050
Federal Register citation
85 FR 25510
CFR reference
42 CFR 406
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2020-05-01
Effective date
2020-06-30
HHS docket
CMS-9115-F
Abstract
This final rule is intended to move the health care ecosystem in the direction of interoperability, and to signal our commitment to the vision set out in the 21st Century Cures Act and Executive Order 13813 to improve the quality and accessibility of information that Americans need to make informed health care decisions, including data about health care prices and outcomes, while minimizing reporting burdens on affected health care providers and payers.