42 USC 1395zz - Provider education and technical assistance

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 1395zz.

Provider education and technical assistance

(a)

Coordination of education funding

(b)

Enhanced education and training

(1)

Additional resources

(2)

Use

(c)

Tailoring education and training activities for small providers or suppliers

(1)

In general

(2)

Small provider of services or supplier

In this subsection, the term “small provider of services or supplier” means—

(A)

a provider of services with fewer than 25 full-time-equivalent employees; or

(B)

a supplier with fewer than 10 full-time-equivalent employees.

(d)

Internet websites; FAQs

The Secretary, and each medicare contractor insofar as it provides services (including claims processing) for providers of services or suppliers, shall maintain an Internet website which—

(1)

provides answers in an easily accessible format to frequently asked questions, and

(2)

includes other published materials of the contractor,

that relate to providers of services and suppliers under the programs under this subchapter (and subchapter XI insofar as it relates to such programs).

(e)

Encouragement of participation in education program activities

(f)

Construction

Nothing in this section or section 1395ddd(g) of this title shall be construed as providing for disclosure by a medicare contractor—

(1)

of the screens used for identifying claims that will be subject to medical review; or

(2)

of information that would compromise pending law enforcement activities or reveal findings of law enforcement-related audits.

(g)

Definitions

For purposes of this section, the term “medicare contractor” includes the following:

(1)

A medicare administrative contractor with a contract under section 1395kk–1 of this title, including a fiscal intermediary with a contract under section 1395h of this title and a carrier with a contract under section 1395u of this title.

(2)

An eligible entity with a contract under section 1395ddd of this title.

Such term does not include, with respect to activities of a specific provider of services or supplier an entity that has no authority under this subchapter or subchapter IX with respect to such activities and such provider of services or supplier.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVIII, § 1889, as added and amended Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 921(a)(1), (d)(1), (e)(1), (f)(1), Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2388, 2391.)

cite as: 42 USC 1395zz