The plan calls for the following actions, among others:
• Review Form 1099 reporting requirements;
• Review requirements related the Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education adjustment;
• Review accounting of disclosures requirements under the HIPAA privacy rule;
• Review the appeals process under Medicare Parts A and B;
• Review the current and future quality measure reporting requirements to determine if any measures should be eliminated or revised;
• Align regulations of the Office of the National Coordinator with requirements under HIPAA and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
• Eliminate unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome Medicare Conditions of Participation for non-hospital providers; and
• Revise home health CoPs.
All federal agencies were ordered in January by President Obama to develop a plan to streamline existing rules. HHS released its preliminary plan in May.
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