federal register • 30 april 2019

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Risk Adjustment Data Validation
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Generic Clearance for the Collection Customer Satisfaction Surveys

DHHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notification of Enforcement Discretion Regarding HIPAA Civil Money Penalties
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Think Cultural Health (TCH) website Quality Improvement Effort
  • Notice of a Meeting: Health Information Technology Advisory Committee

federal register • 25 april 2019

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2020 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2020

DHHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020

federal register • 24 april 2019

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2020 and Updates to the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Program
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Part C Medicare Advantage Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 422.516(a)
    2. Hospital Wage Index Occupational Mix Survey
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Medicare Advantage Qualifying Payment Arrangement Incentive (MAQI) Demonstration

federal register • 23 april 2019

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs:
    1. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
    2. Interoperability and Patient Access for Medicare Advantage Organization and Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, CHIP Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans in the Federally-facilitated Exchanges and Health Care Providers;
    3. Supplement and Extension of Comment Period
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2020 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2019

DHHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program

federal register • 22 april 2019

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Rule for the Medicare Program: Prior Authorization Process for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Items; Update to the Master List of Items Frequently Subject to Unnecessary Utilization
  • A Rule for the Medicare Program: Update to the Required Prior Authorization List of Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Items That Require Prior Authorization as a Condition of Payment

federal register • 16 april 2019

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), Medicaid Fee-For-Service, and Medicaid Managed Care Programs for Years 2020 and 2021
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Home Health Agency Cost Report
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Enrollment Opportunity Notice Relating to Lifetime Limits and Required Notice of Rescission of Coverage; and Disclosure Requirements for Patient Protection under the Affordable Care Act
    2. Prepaid Health Plan Cost Report
    3. The Fiscal Soundness Reporting Requirements
  • Notice of an extension of the comment period for Agency Information Collection Activities: Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) 2020 Audit Protocol
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Medicare Uniform Institutional Provider Bill and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 424.5
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
    2. Testing of Web Survey Design and Administration for CMS Experience of Care Surveys

federal register • 10 april 2019

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Denial of Medical Coverage (or Payment) (NDMCP)
  • A Notice for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Approval of an Application from Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. for CMS Approval of its End Stage Renal Disease Facility Accreditation Program

DHHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to a Final Rule for the Title X family planning program: Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements

federal register • 08 april 2019

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Proficiency Testing Regulations Related to Analytes and Acceptable Performance
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Indirect Medical Education and Direct Graduate Medical Education
    2. Information Collection Requirements Associated with Drug Pricing Transparency and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 403.1202