HHS issues EHB data collection rule
Politico
- 7/18/12 4:34 PM EDT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[CMS-9965-F]
45 CFR Part
156
RIN
0938-AR36
Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act; Data Collection to Support Standards
Related
to Essential Health
Benefits; Recognition of Entities for the Accreditation of
Qualified
Health
Plans
AGENCY: Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Final
rule.
SUMMARY:
This
final rule establishes data collection standards necessary to
implement
aspects of section 1302
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care
Act),
which directs the
Secretary of Health and Human Services to define essential health
benefits.
This final rule outlines
the data on applicable plans to be collected from certain issuers to
support
the definition of
essential health benefits. This final rule also establishes a process for
the
recognition of
accrediting entities for purposes of certification of qualified health
plans.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
These
regulations are effective on [OFR: Insert 30 days from date
of
publication].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Adam Block at (410)
786-1698, for matters related to essential health benefits data
collection.
Deborah Greene at (301)
492-4293, for matters related to accreditation of qualified health
plans.
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