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(f) Before determining if the provider meets the requirements of this chapter, the department may request any missing or additional information from the provider. If missing or additional information is required, the department will notify the provider by electronic mail of the specific information needed. A provider must submit the additional information to the department no later than 30 days after the date of the electronic mail notice. If the provider fails to submit the required information during that period, the department will determine the registration incomplete. (g) Before determining if the provider meets the requirements of this chapter, the department will evaluate the facts to which the provider has attested and may request additional information from sources other than the provider to validate the provider’s attestation submitted under this section. (Eff. 6/1/2011, Register 198; am 1/20/2013, Register 205; am 4/1/2017, Register 221) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.040 Editor’s note: The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive program registration and attestation system referenced in
7 AAC 165.020 can be found at the Internet address: https://ehrincentives.cms.gov/hitech /login.action. The Alaska Medicaid state-level registry for provider incentive payments referenced in 7 AAC 165.020 can be found at the Internet address: http://ak.arraincentive.com. 7 AAC 165.030. Participation and payment determinations. (a) If the department determines that a provider meets the requirements of 7 AAC 165.010 and 7 AAC 165.020, the department will
(1) send to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an electronic request for validation, through CMS’s automated national level registry, that the provider is not
(A) deceased;
(B) federally sanctioned; or
(C) paid, in the same year, an incentive payment from Medicare or another jurisdiction, unless the provider is a hospital provider; and