federal register • 03 October 2014

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to a Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2015 Rates;
    2. Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers;
    3. Reasonable Compensation Equivalents for Physician Services in Excluded Hospitals and Certain Teaching Hospitals;
    4. Provider Administrative Appeals and Judicial Review;
    5. Enforcement Provisions for Organ Transplant Centers; and
    6. Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Prior Authorization Form for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Hospice:
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Medicare Advantage and 1876 Cost Plan Expansion Application
    2. Letter Requesting Waiver of Medicare/Medicaid Enrollment Application Fee; Submission of Fingerprints; Submission of Medicaid Identifying Information; Medicaid Site Visit and Rescreening
    3. Public Health Agency/Registry Readiness to Support Meaningful Use

The Office of Inspector General of the DHHS has published in the federal register:

  • A proposed rule on Safe Harbors Under the Anti-Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements and Gainsharing