The 2014 budget plan of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology includes a $1 million fee for electronic health record vendors.
According to the plan, the user fee will provide the ONC with the resources to meet the increasing demands of health IT vendors and help sustain the impact of its certification and standards work on the health IT marketplace.
In particular, the fee could be used to fund:
• Development of implementation guides and other forms of technical assistance for incorporating standards and specifications into products
• Development of health IT testing tools that are used by developers, testing laboratories and certification bodies
• Development of consensus standards, specifications and policy documents related to health IT certification criteria
• Administration of the ONC Health IT Certification Program and maintenance of the Certified Health IT Product List
• Post-market surveillance, field testing and monitoring of certified products to ensure they are meeting applicable performance metrics in the clinical environment
The collections will likely begin late in the fiscal year and will be gradually phased in.
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According to the plan, the user fee will provide the ONC with the resources to meet the increasing demands of health IT vendors and help sustain the impact of its certification and standards work on the health IT marketplace.
In particular, the fee could be used to fund:
• Development of implementation guides and other forms of technical assistance for incorporating standards and specifications into products
• Development of health IT testing tools that are used by developers, testing laboratories and certification bodies
• Development of consensus standards, specifications and policy documents related to health IT certification criteria
• Administration of the ONC Health IT Certification Program and maintenance of the Certified Health IT Product List
• Post-market surveillance, field testing and monitoring of certified products to ensure they are meeting applicable performance metrics in the clinical environment
The collections will likely begin late in the fiscal year and will be gradually phased in.
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