Monthly Archives: October 2014

federal register • 31 october 2014

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notice of Requests for Exemption to the Prohibition on Expansion of Facility Capacity under the Hospital Ownership and Rural Provider Exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Prohibition
  • A Notice of the re-designation of a System of Records under the Privacy Act for the Chronic Condition Data Repository (CCDR)

CMS has filed for public inspection prior to publication in the federal register:

  • On November 13, 2014, a Final Rule on Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule, Revisions; etc.
  • On November 10, 2014, a Final Rule on Physician-Owned Hospitals; Part D Sponsors: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs, etc.
  • On November 6, 2014, a Final Rule on End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Quality Incentive Program, and Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies

a tangled web

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One of my purposes in maintaining cgweb.com is to expose (in the sense of making visible) the tangle of statutes, regulations, and the diverse types of guidance that are issued by the agencies that implement federal health policy.

federal register • 10 october 2014

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notice for the Medicare Program: CY 2015 Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Hospital and Extended Care Services Coinsurance Amounts
  • A Notice for the Medicare Program: Part A Premiums for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who have Exhausted Other Entitlement; Calendar Year 2015
  • A Notice for the Medicare Program: Part B Monthly Actuarial Rates, Premium Rate, and Annual Deductible, Calendar Year 2015
  • A notice of proposed Information Collection Activities related to:
    • State Medicaid HIT Plan, Planning Advance Planning Document, and Implementation Advance Planning Document for Section 4201 of the Recovery Act
    • Granting and Withdrawal of Deeming Authority to Private Nonprofit Accreditation Organizations and of State Exemption Under State Laboratory Programs and Supporting Regulations
    • Home Office Cost Statement Form

Public Law 113-185 • IMPACT Act of 2014

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H.R. 4994, the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014, establishing requirements for post-acute care providers, and other purposes

  • Introduced in the House of Representatives on June 26, 2014
  • Passed the House on September 16, 2014
  • Passed the Senate without amendment by unanimous consent on September 18, 2014
  • Signed by the President on October 6, 2014, and became Public Law 113-185

Public Law 113-185 | 06 October 2014 | pdf • txt • loc

federal register • 03 October 2014

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to a Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2015 Rates;
    2. Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers;
    3. Reasonable Compensation Equivalents for Physician Services in Excluded Hospitals and Certain Teaching Hospitals;
    4. Provider Administrative Appeals and Judicial Review;
    5. Enforcement Provisions for Organ Transplant Centers; and
    6. Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Prior Authorization Form for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Hospice:
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Medicare Advantage and 1876 Cost Plan Expansion Application
    2. Letter Requesting Waiver of Medicare/Medicaid Enrollment Application Fee; Submission of Fingerprints; Submission of Medicaid Identifying Information; Medicaid Site Visit and Rescreening
    3. Public Health Agency/Registry Readiness to Support Meaningful Use

The Office of Inspector General of the DHHS has published in the federal register:

  • A proposed rule on Safe Harbors Under the Anti-Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements and Gainsharing