federal register • 04 august 2020

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2021 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update
  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2021 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Special Requirements for Psychiatric Hospitals for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2020
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances; Request for Information

federal register • 15 april 2020

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program; FY 2021 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities

federal register • 25 april 2019

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2020 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2020

DHHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020

federal register • 02 August 2018

CMS has posted for public inspection:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: FY 2019 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements (for publication on August 6, 2018)
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: FY 2019 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2018 (for publication on August 6, 2018)
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2019 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers; Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs (Promoting Interoperability Programs) Requirements for Eligible Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Eligible Professionals; Medicare Cost Reporting Requirements; and Physician Certification and Recertification of Claims (for publication August 17, 2018)
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2019 (for publication August 6, 2018)
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities Final Rule for FY 2019, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, and SNF Quality Reporting Program (for publication August 8, 2018)

EBSA, DHHS and IRS has posted for public inspection:

  • Final Rules for: Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance (for publication August 3, 2018)

federal register • 05 august 2016

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2017
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and SNF Payment Models Research
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities
  • A Notice for the Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances: April through June 2016
  • A Notice of Requests for Nominations: Members for the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee; Medicare Program

federal register • 05 october 2015

CMS has published on the federal register:

  • A Correction to a Final Rule for the Medicare Program: FY 2016 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
  • A Correction to the Final Rule for Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2016 Rates;
    2. Revisions of Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers, including Changes Related to the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program;
    3. Extensions of the Medicare-Dependent, Small Rural Hospital Program and the Low-Volume Payment Adjustment for Hospitals
  • A Correction to a Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2016,
    2. SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program,
    3. SNF Quality Reporting Program, and
    4. Staffing Data Collection
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities concerning Off-cycle Submission of Summaries of Model of Care Changes

federal register • 30 april 2015

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. FY 2015 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update;
    2. Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements and
    3. Process and Appeals for Part D Payment for Drugs for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Hospice
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2016 Rates;
    2. Revisions of Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers, Including Changes Related to the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals concerning Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
  • A notice of the Application by the American Diabetes Association for Continued Deeming Authority for Diabetes Self-Management Training

HHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Correction to the CFR: Health Insurance Issuer Standards Under the Affordable Care Act, Including Standards Related to Exchanges

 

federal register • 22 August 2014

CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program;
    1. FY 2015 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update;
    2. Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements and Process and Appeals for Part D Payment for Drugs for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Hospice
  • 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; Enforcement Provisions for Organ Transplant Centers; and
    5. Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program
  • A Proposed Notice acknowledging receipt of an Application From the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc., for Continued Approval of Its Home Health Agency Accreditation Program