federal register • 10 november 2014

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs:
    1. Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs;
    2. Physician-Owned Hospitals: Data Sources for Expansion Exception;
    3. Physician Certification of Inpatient Hospital Services;
    4. Medicare Advantage Organizations and Part D Sponsors: CMS-Identified Overpayments Associated with Submitted Payment Data
  • A Notice requesting nominations to the Medicare Programs; Medicare Evidence Development Coverage Advisory Committee

federal register • 06 november 2014

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update, CY 2015;
    2. Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; and
    3. Survey and Enforcement Requirements for Home Health Agencies
  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System,
    2. Quality Incentive Program, and
    3. Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies

federal register • 31 october 2014

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

Aside

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.