CMS has published in the federal register:
- Proposed Rules on:
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Fees;
- Histocompatibility, Personnel, and Alternative Sanctions for Certificate of Waiver Laboratories
- Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program:
- Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs;
- Organ Acquisition;
- Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral;
- New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process;
- Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating