CMS Withdraws Request for
OMB Review of DFRR
CMS has withdrawn its request for Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) clearance on a proposed Disclosure of Financial
Relationships Reporting (DFRR) system. Instead, CMS has
reissued the proposal as part of the proposed 2009 HIPPS
rule. In the proposed rule, CMS acknowledges higher burden
estimates than previously provided to OMB, and requests
public input on several questions related to the design of the
DFRR and the proposed data collection process. The proposed
plan would require an initial 500 to 600 hospitals to disclose
information requested on the DFRR and submit related
documents on physician investments in hospitals, as well
as compensation arrangements between hospitals and
physicians that are unrelated as to whether those physicians
have an investment interest. As previously mentioned, CMS
will accept comments on the proposed rule through June 13.
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