Category Archives: regulations

federal register • 14 december 2016

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • An Interim Final Rule for the Medicare Program: Conditions for Coverage for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities—Third Party Payment
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Conditions of Participation: Requirements for Approval and Reapproval of Transplant Centers to Perform Organ Transplants
    2. Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Assumption of Responsibilities and Supporting Regulations

federal register • 18 november 2016

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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 and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017;
    2. Medicare Advantage Bid Pricing Data Release;
    3. Medicare Advantage and Part D Medical Loss Ratio Data Release;
    4. Medicare Advantage Provider Network Requirements;
    5. Expansion of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model;
    6. Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements
  • Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

federal register • 22 august 2016

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2017 Rates;
    2. Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers;
    3. Graduate Medical Education;
    4. Hospital Notification Procedures Applicable to Beneficiaries Receiving Observation Services;
    5. Technical Changes Relating to Costs to Organizations and Medicare Cost Reports;
    6. Finalization of Interim Final Rules With Comment Period on LTCH PPS Payments for Severe Wounds, Modifications of Limitations on Redesignation by the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board, and Extensions of Payments to MDHs and Low-Volume Hospitals
  • A Notice for the Medicaid Program: Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement

federal register • 10 august 2016

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017;
    2. Medicare Advantage Pricing Data Release;
    3. Medicare Advantage and Part D Medical Low Ratio Data Release;
    4. Medicare Advantage Provider Network Requirements;
    5. Expansion of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities

federal register • 05 august 2016

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2017
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and SNF Payment Models Research
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities
  • A Notice for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances: April through June 2016
  • A Notice of Requests for Nominations: Members for the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee; Medicare Program

federal register • 03 august 2016

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Programs: Announcement of the Implementation and Extension of Temporary Moratoria on Enrollment of Part B Non-Emergency Ground Ambulance Suppliers and Home Health Agencies in Designated Geographic Locations and Lifting of the Temporary Moratoria on Enrollment of Part B Emergency Ground Ambulance Suppliers in All Geographic Locations
  • A Final Rule for the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Programs: Announcement of the Provider Enrollment Moratoria Access Waiver Demonstration of Part B Non-Emergency Ground Ambulance Suppliers and Home Health Agencies in Moratoria-Designated Geographic Locations
  • Corrections to the Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System,
    2. Coverage and Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals With Acute Kidney Injury,
    3. End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program,
    4. Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program Bid Surety Bonds,
    5. State Licensure and Appeals Process for Breach of Contract Actions,
    6. Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies Competitive Bidding Program and Fee Schedule Adjustments,
    7. Access to Care Issues for Durable Medical Equipment; and
    8. The Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease Care Model