ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services

In response to the Interim Final Rule, some commenters chose to raise issues that
are beyond the scope of our proposals. We do not summarize or respond to those
comments in this final rule.
IV. Collection of Information Requirements
This final rule contains no new information collection requirements subject to
review by the OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
V. Regulatory Impact Analysis
A. Introduction
We have examined the impacts of this final rule as required by Executive Order
12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review (September 30, 1993, as further amended),
the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), section 202 of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1532) (UMRA), Executive Order 13132 on
Federalism (August 4, 1999), and the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 804(2)).
Executive Order 12866 directs agencies to assess all costs and benefits
of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental,
public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). A regulatory impact
analysis (RIA) must be prepared for major rules with economically significant effects
($100 million or more in any one year). We have determined that this final rule is not an
economically significant rule because we estimate that the costs to prepare Complete
EHRs and EHR Modules to be tested and certified will be less than $100 million per
year. Nevertheless, because of the public interest in this final rule, we have prepared an
RIA that to the best of our ability presents the costs and benefits of the final rule.
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