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federal register • 01 may 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Update for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2015 (FY 2016)
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Part C Medicare Advantage Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations
    2. Medicare Part D Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations
    3. Skilled Nursing Facility and Skilled Nursing Facility Health Care Complex Cost Report Form
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery (OAS CAHPS) Survey
    2. Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) for Individuals Under Age 21 and Supporting Regulations

federal register • 30 april 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. FY 2015 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update;
    2. Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements and
    3. Process and Appeals for Part D Payment for Drugs for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Hospice
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2016 Rates;
    2. Revisions of Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers, Including Changes Related to the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals concerning Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
  • A notice of the Application by the American Diabetes Association for Continued Deeming Authority for Diabetes Self-Management Training

HHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to the CFR: Health Insurance Issuer Standards Under the Affordable Care Act, Including Standards Related to Exchanges

 

federal register • 10 april 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs: Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008; the Application of Mental Health Parity Requirements to Coverage Offered by Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Alternative Benefit Plans
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning External Quality Review (EQR) of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and Supporting Regulations

federal register • 02 april 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Testing and Methodological Research for the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)

HHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notice of Test Tools and Test Procedures Approved by the National Coordinator for the ONC HIT Certification Program

federal register • 30 march 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Stage 3
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning:
    • Verification of Clinic Data—Rural Health Clinic Form and Supporting Regulations
    • Site Investigation for Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTFs)
    • Site Investigation for Suppliers of Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS);
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning:
    • Information Collection for Machine Readable Data for Provider Network and Prescription Formulary Content for FFM QHPs
    • Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Exchanges

HHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for Health Information Technology Certification Criteria, Base Electronic Health Record Definition, and ONC Health IT Certification Program Modifications

federal register • 27 march 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notice of Accreditation Organizations for Clinical Laboratories; Approvals:
    College of American Pathologists
  • A Notice of Accreditation Organizations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments; Approvals: American Osteopathic Association/Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (formerly known as the American Osteopathic Association)
  • A Notice of Charter Renewals: Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee
  • A Notice of List of Durable Medical Equipment: Specified Covered Items that Require a Face-to Face-Encounter and a Written Order Prior to Delivery; Updates
  • A Notice of Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs:
    Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Exemption of Permit-Holding Laboratories in New York

federal register • 20 march 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to a Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule,
    2. Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule,
    3. Access to Identifiable Data for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Models
    4. Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2015; Corrections
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning
    • Hospital National Provider Survey
    • Nursing Home National Provider Survey