federal register • 31 august 2020

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Correcting Amendment to a Final Rule for the Medicare Program: FY 2016 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements; Correcting Amendment

federal register • 27 august 2020

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Correction to a Final Rule for the Medicare Program: FY 2021 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Special Requirements for Psychiatric Hospitals for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2020; Correction
A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program:
1. CY 2021 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies;
2. Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements;
3. Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Professionals;
4. Quality Payment Program;
5. Coverage of Opioid Use Disorder Services Furnished by Opioid Treatment Programs;
6. Medicare Enrollment of Opioid Treatment Programs;
7. Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances for a Covered Part D Drug Under a Prescription Drug Plan or an MA-PD Plan;
8. Payment for Office/Outpatient Evaluation and Management Services;
9. Hospital IQR Program;
10. Establish New Code Categories; and
11. Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) Expanded Model Emergency Policy
A Notice of an Emergency Clearance of Agency Information Collection Activities: Collection of Premium Credit Data Related to COVID-19 Emergency

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Final Rule for the Basic Health Program: Federal Funding Methodology for Program Year 2021
A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Hospice Quality Reporting Program

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; New Categories for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Laboratory Date of Service Policy; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating Methodology; and Physician-Owned Hospitals
A Notice for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances: April through June 2020

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Final Rule for the Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2021
A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities
1. Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Application and Instructions
2. Retiree Drug Subsidy Payment Request and Instructions
3. Manufacturer Submission of Average Sales Price (ASP) Data for Medicare Part B Drugs and Biologicals
4. Consumer Experience Survey Data
A Notice of a Meeting: Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Treatment of Medicare Part C Days in the Calculation of a Hospital’s Medicare Disproportionate Patient Percentage

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Final Rule for the Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Final Rule for the Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2021 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update
A Final Rule for the Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2021 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Special Requirements for Psychiatric Hospitals for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2020
A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances; Request for Information