Category Archives: regulations

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)

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