42 CFR § 401.722 - Qualified clinical data registries.
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title: "42 CFR § 401.722 - Qualified clinical data registries."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "401.722"
section_name: "Qualified clinical data registries."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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part_number: "401"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS"
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# 401.722 Qualified clinical data registries.
(a) A qualified clinical data registry that agrees to meet all the requirements in this subpart, with the exception of § 401.707(d), may request access to Medicare data as a quasi qualified entity in accordance with such qualified entity program requirements.
(b) Notwithstanding § 401.703(q) (generally defining combined data), for purposes of qualified clinical data registries acting as quasi qualified entities under the qualified entity program requirements, combined data means, at a minimum, a set of CMS claims data provided under this subpart combined with clinical data or a subset of clinical data.
[81 FR 44482, July 7, 2016]