Sec. 802. Assessment of impact of Health IT on racial and ethnic minority communities; outreach and adoption of Health IT in such communities
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The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology shall conduct an evaluation of the level of use and accessibility of electronic health records in racial and ethnic minority communities focusing on whether patients in those communities have providers with electronic health records, stratified by providers participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs, and whether such providers have received EHR incentive payments under the HITECH Act, and by providers participating in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
(MIPS)under the Quality Payment Program
(QPP)established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). In conducting the evaluation under paragraph (1), the National Coordinator shall publish the results of a study regarding the 100,000 providers recruited by the Regional Extension Center established under section 3012 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300jj–32 ), including the race and ethnicity of such providers and the populations served by such providers, with the populations stratified by providers participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs, and whether such providers have received EHR incentive payments under the HITECH Act, and by providers participating in the MIPS. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics shall provide to Congress a more detailed analysis of the data presented in NCHS Data Brief No. 236, Adoption of Certified Electronic Health Record Systems and Electronic Information Sharing in Physician Offices: United States, 2013 and 2014 the Data Brief 79. As part of the process of collecting information, with respect to a provider, at registration and attestation for purposes of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs and MIPS, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall collect the race and ethnicity of such provider. For purposes of paragraph (1), the term Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs means the incentive programs under section 1814(l)(3), subsections (a)(7) and
(o)of section 1848, subsections
(l)and
(m)of section 1853, subsections (b)(3)(B)(ix)(I) and
(n)of section 1886, and subsections (a)(3)(F) and
(t)of section 1903 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f(l)(3) , 1395w–4, 1395w–23, 1395ww, and 1396b). Section 3001(c)(6)(C) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300jj–11(c)(6)(C) ) is amended— in the heading by inserting after , racial and ethnic minority communities, ; health disparities by inserting , in communities with a high proportion of individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups (as defined in section 1707(g)), including people with disabilities in these groups, after communities with health disparities ; and by adding at the end the following new sentence: In any publication under the previous sentence, the National Coordinator shall include best practices for encouraging partnerships between the Federal Government, States, and private entities to expand outreach for and the adoption of certified EHR technology in communities with a high proportion of individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups (as so defined), while also maintaining the accessibility requirements of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act to encourage patient involvement in patient health care. The National Coordinator shall— not later than 6 months after the submission to the Congress of the report required by section 822 of the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018 , establish criteria for evaluating the impact of health information technology on communities with a high proportion of individuals from racial and ethnic minority groups (as so defined) taking into account the findings in such report; and not later than 12 months after the submission to the Congress of such reports, conduct and publish the results of an evaluation of such impact. .
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- 42 USC 300jj–32
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Sec. 802
Assessment of impact of Health IT on racial and ethnic minority communities; outreach and adoption of Health IT in such communities
Cite42 USC 300jj–32
Cite42 USC 300jj–11(c)(6)(C)
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