federal register • 04 august 2021

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