federal register • 01 september 2023

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Corrections to Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs;
    2. Organ Acquisition;
    3. Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral;
    4. New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process;
    5. Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; COVID-19

federal register • 23 august 2023

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2024 Rates;
    2. Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals;
    3. Rural Emergency Hospital and Physician-Owned Hospital Requirements; and
    4. Provider and Supplier Disclosure of Ownership; and
    5. Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments: Counting Certain Days Associated With Section 1115 Demonstrations in the Medicaid Fraction
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Medicaid Managed Care Quality including Supporting Regulations
    2. Children’s Health Insurance Program Managed Care and Supporting Regulations
    3. Medicaid Managed Care and Supporting Regulations
    4. External Quality Review (EQR) of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care, EQR Protocols, and Supporting Regulations

federal register • 07 august 2023

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • 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 2024
  • Proposed Rules for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs:
    1. CY 2024 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies;
    2. Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements;
    3. Medicare Advantage;
    4. Medicare and Medicaid Provider and Supplier Enrollment Policies; and
    5. Basic Health Program
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Beneficiary and Family Centered Data Collection

federal register • 02 august 2023

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. FY 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update,
    2. Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements, and Hospice Certifying Physician Provider Enrollment Requirements
  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program: FY 2024 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System—Rate Update
  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2024 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program

federal register • 31 july 2023

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Rule for the Medicare Program: Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Payment Advisory for Clinicians-Request for Current Billing Information for Qualifying APM Participants
  • Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems;
    2. Quality Reporting Programs;
    3. Payment for Intensive Outpatient Services in Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Opioid Treatment Programs;
    4. Hospital Price Transparency;
    5. Changes to Community Mental Health Centers Conditions of Participation,
    6. Proposed Changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System Medicare Code Editor;
    7. Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation Technical Correction
  • A Notice of a Meeting of the Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing Advisory Committee