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federal register • 04 august 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2016,
    2. SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program,
    3. SNF Quality Reporting Program, and
    4. Staffing Data Collection
  • A Correction to a Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update;
    2. Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and
    3. Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning the Federally Qualified Health Center Cost Report Form

federal register • 15 july 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2016
  • A Notice announcing an extension of the Medicare Prior Authorization for Power Mobility Devices (PMDs) demonstration

DHHS has published in the federal register:

  • a Notice announcing plans to submit an Information Collection Request requesting a three-year extension of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Registration Form

federal register • 14 july 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to the CFR: Acquisition, Protection, and Disclosure of Quality Improvement Organization Information
  • A Correction to the CFR: Conditions of Participation for Hospitals
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model for Acute Care Hospitals Furnishing Lower Extremity Joint Replacement Services
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Data Submission for the Federally-faciliated Exchange User Fee Adjustment

IRS, EBSA and HHS have published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule on Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act

federal register • 08 july 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs;
    2. Short Inpatient Hospital Stays;
    3. Transition for Certain Medicare-Dependent,
    4. Small Rural Hospitals Under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System

federal register • 09 june 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program: Medicare Shared Savings Program; Accountable Care Organizations

HHS has published in the federal register:

  • Rules for Acceptance and Approval of Non-Governmental Developed Test Procedures, Test Tools, and Test Data for Use under the ONC Health IT Certification Program
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning Midwest HIV Prevention and Pregnancy Planning Initiative (MHPPPI)