45 CFR 171.1001
§ 171.1001 Disincentives.
United States · 45 CFR — Public Welfare · Status: effective
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- 45 CFR 171.1001, § 171.1001 Disincentives, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/218190
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(a) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may apply the following disincentives:
(1) An eligible hospital or critical access hospital (CAH) as defined in 42 CFR 495.4 is not a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user as also defined in 42 CFR 495.4.
(2) A Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinician as defined in 42 CFR 414.1305, who is also a health care provider as defined in § 171.102, is not a meaningful EHR user for MIPS as defined in 42 CFR 414.1305.
(3) Accountable care organizations (ACOs) who are health care providers as defined in § 171.102, ACO participants, and ACO providers/suppliers will be removed from, or denied approval to participate, in the Medicare Shared Savings Program as defined in 42 CFR part 425 for at least 1 year.
(b) [Reserved]
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.