federal register • 16 october 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Stage 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning:
    • CMS-10003 Notice of Denial of Medical Coverage (or Payment)
    • CMS-10467 Evaluation of the Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration Program
    • CMS-1450 (UB-04) Medicare Uniform Institutional Provider Bill and Supporting Regulations
    • CMS-1500 (08-05) Health Insurance Common Claims Form and Supporting Regulations

HHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule on 2015 Edition Health Information Technology Certification Criteria, 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record Definition, and ONC Health IT Certification Program Modifications

federal register • 05 october 2015

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CMS has published on the federal register:

  • A Correction to a Final Rule for the Medicare Program: FY 2016 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
  • A Correction to the Final Rule for 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;
    3. Extensions of the Medicare-Dependent, Small Rural Hospital Program and the Low-Volume Payment Adjustment for Hospitals
  • A Correction to 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 Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning Off-cycle Submission of Summaries of Model of Care Changes

federal register • 02 october 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: The Fiscal Soundness Reporting Requirements for MAOs, PDPs, and PACE orgaizations
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing
    2. Manufacturer Submission of Average Sales Price (ASP) Data for Medicare Part B Drugs and Biologicals
  • A Notice of a meeting of the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests

federal register • 01 october 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Rule for the Medicare Program: Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System Update for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2014; Correction
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Payment System
  • A Request for Information Regarding Implementation of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Promotion of Alternative Payment Models, and Incentive Payments for Participation in Eligible Alternative Payment Models

federal register • 25 september 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning the Medicare Beneficiary and Family-Centered Satisfaction Survey
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning the PhysicianQuality Reporting System (PQRS) and the Electronic Prescribing Incentive (eRx) Program Data Assessment, Accuracy and Improper Payments Identification Support;
  • A Notice of Application for Continued Approval of its Rural Health Accreditation Program:
    American Association of Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities
  • A Notice of Approval as an Accrediting Organization for Diabetes Self-Management Training Programs: American Diabetes Association
  • A Notice concerning Adjustment to the Amount in Controversy Threshold Amounts for Calendar Year 2016
  • A Notice of Continued Approval of the American Association of Diabetes Educators as an Accrediting Organization for Diabetes Self-Management Training Programs

federal register • 17 august 2015

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Rules for the 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; Revisions of Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers, etc.
  • A Notice concerning the establishment of a new System of Records entitled “CMS Risk Adjustment Suite of Systems (RASS)”