WASHINGTON REPORT BY LAURA SHELTON, CMP
HHS Approves MRO Certifying Entities On January 14, 2013, the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Federal Register notice regarding its Manda- tory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines). Te current version of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Manda- tory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines), effective on October 1, 2010, addresses the role and qualifications of Medical Review Officers (MROs) and HHS approval of enti- ties that certify MROs. Subpart M-Medical Review Officer
(MRO), Section 13.1(b), “Who may serve as an MRO?” states the following: “Nation- ally recognized entities that certify MROs or subspecialty boards for physicians performing a review of Federal employee drug testing results that seek approval by the Secretary must submit their qualifica-
tions and a sample examination. Based on an annual objective review of the qualifica- tions and content of the examination, the Secretary shall publish a list in the Federal Register of those entities and boards that have been approved.” HHS has completed its review of
entities that train and certify MROs, in ac- cordance with requests submited by such entities to HHS. (1) Te HHS Secretary approves the
following MRO certifying entities that offer both MRO training and certification through examination:
American Association of Medical Review Officers (AAMRO), P.O. Box 12873, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, Phone: (800) 489-1839, Fax: (919) 490-1010, Email:
cferrell@aamro.com, Web site: htp://
www.aamro.com/;
Medical Review Officer Certification Council (MROCC), 836 Arlington Heights Road, #327, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, Phone: (847) 631-0599, Fax: (847) 483-1282, Email:
mrocc@mrocc.org, Web site: htp://
www.mrocc.org/.
(2) Additionally, the HHS Secretary lists
the following entities that offer MRO train- ing as a prerequisite for MRO certification by the above-listed approved entities:
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), 25 Northwest Point Boulevard, Suite 700, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1030, Phone: (847) 818-1800, Fax: (847) 818-9266, Contact Form: htp://
www.acoem.org/contactacoem. aspx, Web site: htp://
www.acoem.org/;
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), 4601 N. Park Avenue, Upper Arcade #101, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, Phone: (301) 656-3920, Fax: (301) 656-3815,Email:
email@asam.org, Web site: htp://
www.asam.org/. ❚
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