AAMC Comments On HHS Regulatory
Burdens
March 8, 2002 - The AAMC March 5 submitted a letter
to the Health and Human Services (HHS) Regulatory Reform Committee
as part of the department's a regulatory reform initiative.
HHS published a notice in the Federal Register [67
Federal Register 599] requesting public comment
on regulatory burdens created by HHS regulations. The letter
asks that a number of changes be made in requirements that
affect academic institutions, including: CMS interpretations
regarding the counting of residents for purposes of direct
graduate medical education payments; the expansion of the
primary care exception found in the teaching physician regulation
to include all specialties that work in ambulatory settings;
the prompt revision of the Medicare teaching physician documentation
requirements; streamlining the process for enrolling teaching
physicians in Medicare; clarification regarding Medicaid managed
care and special payments to teaching hospitals; a change
in the HIPAA privacy regulation to avoid an adverse impact
on research and fundraising; and the importance of also reducing
the regulatory burdens related to NIH.
Information:
Ivy Baer, Director & Regulatory Counsel
AAMC Health Care Affairs
ibaer@aamc.orc
(202) 828-0490
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