federal register • 03 january 2020

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Changes to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs;
    2. Revisions of Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions of Coverage;
    3. Prior Authorization Process and Requirements for Certain Covered Outpatient Department Services;
    4. Potential Changes to the Laboratory Date of Service Policy;
    5. Changes to Grandfathered Children’s Hospitals-Within-Hospitals;
    6. Notice of Closure of Two Teaching Hospitals and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots

HHS has published in the federal register:

federal register • 02 january 2020

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Rule for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
  • A Correction to a 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; Medicaid
    3. 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 Physician Self-Referral Law Advisory Opinion Regulations Final Rule; and
    8. Coding and Payment for Evaluation and Management, Observation and Provision of Self-Administered Esketamine Interim Final Rule

federal register • 27 november 2019

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

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

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