federal register • 21 april 2016

CMS has published in the federal register:

Interim Final Rule With Comment Period for the Medicare Program:
1. Temporary Exception for Certain Severe Wound Discharges from Certain Long Term Care Hospitals Required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act;
2. Modification of Limitations on Redesignation by the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board

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

CMS has published in the federal register:

Rules for the 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; Revisions of Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers, etc.
A Notice concerning the establishment of a new System of Records entitled “CMS Risk Adjustment Suite of Systems (RASS)”

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

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Correction to 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;
5. Enforcement Provisions for Organ Transplant Centers; and
6. Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program
A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Prior Authorization Form for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Hospice:
A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
1. Medicare Advantage and 1876 Cost Plan Expansion Application
2. Letter Requesting Waiver of Medicare/Medicaid Enrollment Application Fee; Submission of Fingerprints; Submission of Medicaid Identifying Information; Medicaid Site Visit and Rescreening
3. Public Health Agency/Registry Readiness to Support Meaningful Use

The Office of Inspector General of the DHHS has published in the federal register:

A proposed rule on Safe Harbors Under the Anti-Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements and Gainsharing

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

CMS has published in the federal register:

A Correction to 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 2014 Rates;
2. Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers;
3. Hospital Conditions of Participation;
4. Payment Policies Related to Patient Status
A Notice of Agency Information Collection activities: Emergency Clearance of Initial Plan Data Collection to Support Qualified Health Plan (QHP) Certification and Other Financial Management and Exchange Operations

Posted on 15 May 2014 by bMorTogether

CMS has published in the federal register: