Category Archives: regulations

federal register • 27 november 2019

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

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: CY 2020 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes and Payment Rates and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes and Payment Rates; Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals to Make Standard Charges Public
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:

federal register • 15 november 2019

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • An Interim Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. CY 2020 Revisions to 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. Establishment of an Ambulance Data Collection System;
    5. Updates to the Quality Payment Program;
    6. Medicare Enrollment of Opioid Treatment Programs and Enhancements to Provider Enrollment Regulations Concerning Improper Prescribing and Patient Harm; and
    7. Amendments to
      1. Physician Self-Referral Law Advisory Opinion Regulations Final Rule; and
      2. Coding and Payment for Evaluation and Management, Observation and Provision of Self-Administered Esketamine Interim Final Rule

federal register • 28 August 2019

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON)
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Data Collection to Support Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment for Employers in the Small Business Health Options Program
    2. Provider Network Coverage Data Collection

federal register • 26 august 2019

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Hospital Notices: IM/DND

SAMHSA has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule on Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records to clarify one of the conditions under which a court may authorize disclosure of confidential communications made by a patient
  • A Proposed Rule on Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records