Category Archives: regulations

federal register • 13 august 2021

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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 2022 Rates;
    2. Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals;
    3. Changes to Medicaid Provider Enrollment; and
    4. Changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Request for Certification as Supplier of Portable X-Ray Services under the Medicare/Medicaid Program
    2. Request for Certification in the Medicare/Medicaid Program for Provides of Outpatient Physical Therapy and/or Speech-Language Pathology

federal register • 04 august 2021

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update,
    2. Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates,
    3. Hospice and Home Health Quality Reporting Program Requirements
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: FY 2022 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2021 (FY 2022)
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2022 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program;
    2. Payment for Complex Rehabilitative Wheelchairs and Related Accessories (Including Seating Systems) and Seat and Back Cushions Furnished in Connection with Such Wheelchairs
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities;
    2. Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2022; and
    3. Technical Correction to Long-Term Care Facilities Physical Environment Requirements
  • Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs;
    2. Price Transparency of Hospital Standard Charges;
    3. Radiation Oncology Model;
    4. Request for Information on Rural Emergency Hospitals

federal register • 23 july 2021

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program: CY 2022 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Provider Enrollment Regulation Updates; Provider and Supplier Prepayment and Post-Payment Medical Review Requirements
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities
  • A Notice of a Funding Opportunity: Reduction of Issuer Burden Through Technology Grant
  • A Notice of a Meeting for the Medicare Program: Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment

federal register • 17 march 2021

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Interim Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Coverage of Innovative Technology and Definition of Reasonable and Necessary; Delay of Effective Date; Public Comment Period
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment (EE) Implementation Advanced Planning Document (IAPD) Template
  • A Notice for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances—October Through December 2020
  • A Notice of Meetings: Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education

federal register • 29 december 2020

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule with comment period and Interim Final Rule with comment period for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs;
    2. New Categories for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process;
    3. Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Laboratory Date of Service Policy;
    4. Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating Methodology;
    5. Physician-Owned Hospitals;
    6. Notice of Closure of Two Teaching Hospitals and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots,
    7. Radiation Oncology Model; and
    8. Reporting Requirements for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
      1. To Report COVID-19 Therapeutic Inventory and Usage and
      2. To Report Acute Respiratory Illness During the Public Health Emergency (PHE) for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

federal register • 28 december 2020

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule and Interim Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. CY 2021 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. Quality Payment Program;
    5. Coverage of Opioid Use Disorder Services Furnished by Opioid Treatment Programs;
    6. Medicare Enrollment of Opioid Treatment Programs;
    7. Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances for a Covered Part D Drug;
    8. Payment for Office/Outpatient Evaluation and Management Services;
    9. Hospital IQR Program;
    10. Establish New Code Categories;
    11. Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) Expanded Model Emergency Policy;
    12. Coding and Payment for Virtual Check-in Services Interim Final Rule Policy;
    13. Coding and Payment for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Interim Final Rule Policy;
    14. Regulatory Revisions in Response to the Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19; and
    15. Finalization of Certain Provisions from the March 31st, May 8th and September 2nd Interim Final Rules in Response to the PHE for COVID-19