federal register • 01 may 2023

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Proposed 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
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Medicare Part C and Part D Program Audit and Industry-Wide Part C Timeliness Monitoring Project (TMP) Protocols

federal register • 04 april 2023

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Fiscal Year 2024 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update,
    2. Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates,
    3. Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements, and
    4. Hospice Certifying Physician Provider Enrollment Requirements
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Notice of Denial of Medical Coverage (or Payment)
    2. Proposed Repetitive, Scheduled Non-Emergent Ambulance Transport (RSNAT) Prior Authorization Process and Requirements for a Potential National Model
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Registration, Attestation, Dispute Resolution and Correction, Assumptions Document and Data Retention Requirements for Open Payments
    2. Medicaid Managed Care and Supporting Regulations

federal register • 15 march 2023

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to Final Rules for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs:
    1. CY 2023 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies;
    2. Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements;
    3. Implementing Requirements for Manufacturers of Certain Single-Dose Container or Single-Use Package Drugs To Provide Refunds With Respect to Discarded Amounts; and
    4. COVID-19 Interim Final Rules

federal register • 01 february 2023

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs:
    1. Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage,
    2. Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit,
    3. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE),
    4. Medicaid Fee-For-Service, and
    5. Medicaid Managed Care Programs for Years 2020 and 2021
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Ambulance Transports and Beneficiary Signature.
  • A Notice for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances—October through December 2022

federal register • 27 december 2022

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly;
    2. Health Information Technology Standards and Implementation Specifications
  • A notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Basic Health Program (BHP) Supporting Regulations

federal register • 13 december 2022

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A correction to final rules for the Medicare Program published on August 10, 2022, as corrected on November 2, 2022:
    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 2023 Rates;
    2. Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals;
    3. Costs Incurred for Qualified and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans; and
    4. Changes to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation
  • Proposed Rules for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs and under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for:
    1. Medicare Advantage Organizations,
    2. Medicaid Managed Care Plans,
    3. State Medicaid Agencies,
    4. Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities,
    5. Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges,
    6. Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and
    7. Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program