# 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
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2020-05-01 · Effective 2020-06-30 · 85 FR 25510
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-05050
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 25510
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 406
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/01/2020-05050/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-and)
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