42 CFR - Title 42—Public Health
Title 42 published on 2012-10-01
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GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-07737 RIN 0905-AA43 Docket No. NIH-2008-0003 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, National Institutes of Health, HHS Final rule. This final rule is effective May 6, 2013. 42 CFR Part 68 As a part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s ongoing retrospective review initiative, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is rescinding the existing regulations for two of its eight loan repayment programs and issuing in their place a new consolidated set of regulations governing all of the NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). There are currently eight programs, including three for researchers employed by the NIH (Intramural LRPs) and five for non-NIH scientists (Extramural LRPs). The Intramural LRPs include the Loan Repayment Program for Research with Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (or AIDS Research LRP); Loan Repayment Program for General Research (or General Research LRP), which includes a program for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Fellows; and Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (or Clinical Research LRP for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds). The Extramural LRPs include the Loan Repayment Program for Contraception and Infertility Research (or Contraception and Infertility Research LRP); Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (or Clinical Research LRP for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds); Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Research (or Clinical Research LRP); Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric Research (or Pediatric Research LRP); and Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (or Health Disparities Research LRP).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-07599 RIN 0938-AR38 CMS-2327-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with request for comments. Effective Date: These regulations are effective June 3, 2013. Comment Date: To be assured of consideration, comments on § 433.10(c)(8), § 433.206(c)(4), § 433.206(d), § 433.206(e), § 433.206(f), and § 433.206(g) must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 3, 2013. 42 CFR Part 433 This final rule implements the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act) relating to the availability of increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) rates for certain adult populations under states' Medicaid programs. This final rule implements and interprets the increased FMAP rates that will be applicable beginning January 1, 2014 and sets forth conditions for states to claim these increased FMAP rates.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-07146 RIN 0920-AA48 Docket No. CDC-2013-0002 NIOSH-261 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Interim final rule with request for comments. This interim final rule will be effective May 1, 2013. HHS invites written comments from interested parties on this interim final rule and on the information collection approval request sought under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Comments must be received by April 30, 2013. 42 CFR Part 88 Title I of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 amended the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) by adding Title XXXIII, which establishes the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program. The WTC Health Program is administered by the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and provides medical monitoring and treatment to eligible firefighters and related personnel, law enforcement officers, and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, and to eligible survivors of the New York City attacks. Section 3311(a)(2)(C) of the PHS Act requires the WTC Program Administrator (Administrator) to develop eligibility criteria for enrollment of Shanksville, Pennsylvania and Pentagon responders. This interim final rule establishes those eligibility criteria.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06276 RIN 0938-AQ09 CMS-3230-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective on April 18, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 483, 488, 489, and 498 This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that publishedFebruary 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program. The requirements implemented section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that, among other things, in the case of an LTC facility closure, individuals serving as administrators of a SNF or NF provide written notification of the impending closure and a plan for the relocation of residents at least 60 days prior to the impending closure or, if the Secretary terminates the facility's participation in Medicare or Medicaid, not later than the date the Secretary determines appropriate.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06276 RIN 0938-AQ09 CMS-3230-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective on April 18, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 483, 488, 489, and 498 This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that publishedFebruary 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program. The requirements implemented section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that, among other things, in the case of an LTC facility closure, individuals serving as administrators of a SNF or NF provide written notification of the impending closure and a plan for the relocation of residents at least 60 days prior to the impending closure or, if the Secretary terminates the facility's participation in Medicare or Medicaid, not later than the date the Secretary determines appropriate.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06276 RIN 0938-AQ09 CMS-3230-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective on April 18, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 483, 488, 489, and 498 This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that publishedFebruary 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program. The requirements implemented section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that, among other things, in the case of an LTC facility closure, individuals serving as administrators of a SNF or NF provide written notification of the impending closure and a plan for the relocation of residents at least 60 days prior to the impending closure or, if the Secretary terminates the facility's participation in Medicare or Medicaid, not later than the date the Secretary determines appropriate.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06276 RIN 0938-AQ09 CMS-3230-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective on April 18, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 483, 488, 489, and 498 This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that publishedFebruary 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program. The requirements implemented section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that, among other things, in the case of an LTC facility closure, individuals serving as administrators of a SNF or NF provide written notification of the impending closure and a plan for the relocation of residents at least 60 days prior to the impending closure or, if the Secretary terminates the facility's participation in Medicare or Medicaid, not later than the date the Secretary determines appropriate.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05724 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective date: This correcting document is effective March 12, 2013. Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to discharges on or after October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the correcting document that appeared in the October 3, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Correction.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05724 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective date: This correcting document is effective March 12, 2013. Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to discharges on or after October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the correcting document that appeared in the October 3, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Correction.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05724 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective date: This correcting document is effective March 12, 2013. Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to discharges on or after October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the correcting document that appeared in the October 3, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Correction.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05724 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective date: This correcting document is effective March 12, 2013. Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to discharges on or after October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the correcting document that appeared in the October 3, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Correction.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05263 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-N DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of extension. Effective date: March 4, 2013. Applicability dates: The provisions described in this notice are applicable for discharges on or after October 1, 2012 and on or before September 30, 2013. 42 CFR Part 412 This notice announces changes to the payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program under the hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for FY 2013 in accordance with sections 605 and 606, respectively, of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-04137 RIN 0920-AA22 Docket No. CDC-2012-0016 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Confirmation of effective date of Direct Final Rule. The Direct Final Rule published at 77 FR 75880, December 26, 2012, becomes effective on February 25, 2013. 42 CFR Part 70 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing this document to confirm the effective date of the Direct Final Rule (DFR), published on December 26, 2012 (77 FR 75880).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-04136 RIN 0920-AA12 Docket No. CDC-2012-0017 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Confirmation of effective date of direct final rule. The Direct Final Rule published at 77 FR 75939, December, 26, 2012, becomes effective on February 25, 2013. 42 CFR Part 71 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing this document to confirm the effective date of the Direct Final Rule (DFR), published on December 26, 2012 (77 FR 75939).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-03064 RIN 0920-AA23 Docket No. HHS/CDC-2011-0001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule. This final rule is effective April 16, 2013. 42 CFR Part 71 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is amending regulations for the importation of live nonhuman primates (NHPs) by extending existing requirements for the importation of Macaca fascicularis (cynomolgus), Chlorocebus aethiops (African green), and Macaca mulatta (rhesus) monkeys to all NHPs with the exception of the filovirus testing requirement. Filovirus testing will only be required for Old World NHPs in quarantine that have illness consistent with filovirus infection or that die for any reason other than trauma during quarantine. HHS/CDC is also finalizing a provision to reduce the frequency at which importers of cynomolgus, African green, and rhesus monkeys are required to renew their special permits (from every 180 days to every 2 years). HHS/CDC is incorporating existing guidelines into the regulations and adding new provisions to address the following: NHPs imported as part of an animal act; NHPs imported or transferred by zoological societies; the transfer of NHPs from approved laboratories; and non-live imported NHP products. Finally, HHS/CDC is also requiring that all NHPs be imported only through ports of entry where a HHS/CDC quarantine station is located.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02825 RIN 0920-AA47 Docket No. CDC-2012-0002 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule. This final rule is effective on March 14, 2013. 42 CFR Part 71 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is amending regulations for the importation of live nonhuman primates (NHPs) by establishing a user fee for filovirus testing of all nonhuman primates that die during the HHS/CDC-required 31-day quarantine period for any reason other than trauma. We are amending the regulations to establish a filovirus testing service at HHS/CDC, because testing is no longer being offered by the only private, commercial laboratory that previously performed these tests. This testing service will be funded through user fees.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02572 RIN 0938-AR33 CMS-5060-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective date: These regulations are effective on April 9, 2013. Compliance date: Applicable manufacturers and applicable group purchasing organizations must begin to collect the required data on August 1, 2013 and report the data to CMS by March 31, 2014. 42 CFR Parts 402 and 403 This final rule will require applicable manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to report annually to the Secretary certain payments or transfers of value provided to physicians or teaching hospitals (“covered recipients”). In addition, applicable manufacturers and applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are required to report annually certain physician ownership or investment interests. The Secretary is required to publish applicable manufacturers' and applicable GPOs' submitted payment and ownership information on a public Web site.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02572 RIN 0938-AR33 CMS-5060-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective date: These regulations are effective on April 9, 2013. Compliance date: Applicable manufacturers and applicable group purchasing organizations must begin to collect the required data on August 1, 2013 and report the data to CMS by March 31, 2014. 42 CFR Parts 402 and 403 This final rule will require applicable manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to report annually to the Secretary certain payments or transfers of value provided to physicians or teaching hospitals (“covered recipients”). In addition, applicable manufacturers and applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are required to report annually certain physician ownership or investment interests. The Secretary is required to publish applicable manufacturers' and applicable GPOs' submitted payment and ownership information on a public Web site.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02391 RIN 0920-AA37 Docket No. CDC-2011-0007 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule. The final rule is effective April 5, 2013. 42 CFR Part 71 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this final rule amending the regulations regarding the importation of infectious biological agents, infectious substances, and vectors. The amendments improve HHS/CDC's ability to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases into the United States.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00371 RIN 0920-AA38 Docket No. CDC-2012-0009 NIOSH-258 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Final rule. This final rule is effective February 13, 2013. 42 CFR Part 84 On June 25, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to update respirator approval standards in response to a petition to amend our regulations, current requirements for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) remaining service-life indicators or warning devices. These indicators are built into a respirator to alert the user that the breathing air provided by the respirator is close to depletion. In this final rule, HHS responds to public comment on the proposed rule and revises the current standard, employed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) located within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to allow greater flexibility in the setting of the indicator alarm to ensure that the alarm more effectively meets the different worker protection needs of different work operations. This final rule sets a minimum alarm point at 25 percent of the rated service time and allows the manufacturer to offer remaining service life set point at a higher value or values appropriate to the purchaser's use scenario.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30729 RIN 0920-AA22 Docket No. CDC-2012-0016 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Direct Final Rule and request for comments. The DFR is effective on February 25, 2013 unless significant adverse comment is received by January 25, 2013. If we receive no significant adverse comments within the specified comment period, we intend to publish a document confirming the effective date of the final rule in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period on this DFR ends. If we receive any timely significant adverse comment, we will withdraw this DFR in part or in whole by publication of a document in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period ends. 42 CFR Part 70 In this Direct Final Rule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to update the definitions for interstate quarantine regulations to reflect modern terminology and plain language used by private industry and public health partners. These updates will not affect current practices. As part of the update, we are updating two existing definitions and adding eight new definitions to clarify existing provisions, as well as updating regulations to reflect the most recent Executive Order addressing quarantinable communicable diseases.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30723 RIN 0920-AA12 Docket No. CDC-2012-0017 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Direct Final Rule and request for comments. The direct final rule is effective on February 25, 2013 unless significant adverse comment is received by January 25, 2013. If we receive no significant adverse comments within the specified comment period, we intend to publish a document confirming the effective date of the final rule in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period on this DFR ends. If we receive any timely significant adverse comment, we will withdraw this final rule in part or in whole by publication of a document in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period ends. 42 CFR Part 71 Through this Direct Final Rule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is updating and reorganizing the Scope and Definitions for foreign quarantine regulations and add a new section to contain definitions for Importations. This Direct Final Rule (DFR) will update the scope and definitions to reflect modern terminology and plain language used globally by industry and public health partners. As part of the update, we are updating five existing definitions; adding thirteen new definitions to help clarify existing provisions; creating a new scope and definitions section for Importations under a new section by reorganizing existing definitions into this new section; and updating regulations to reflect the language used by the most recent Executive Order regarding quarantinable communicable diseases.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29640 RIN 0938-AQ63 CMS-2370-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 438, 441, and 447 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule published in the November 6, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid Program; Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vaccine Administration under the Vaccines for Children Program.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29640 RIN 0938-AQ63 CMS-2370-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 438, 441, and 447 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule published in the November 6, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid Program; Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vaccine Administration under the Vaccines for Children Program.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29640 RIN 0938-AQ63 CMS-2370-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 438, 441, and 447 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule published in the November 6, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid Program; Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vaccine Administration under the Vaccines for Children Program.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29607 RIN 0938-AR71 CMS-0046-IFC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Interim final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This interim final rule with comment period is effective January 7, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of January 7, 2013. Comment Date: To be assured consideration, written or electronic comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 5, 2013. 42 CFR Part 495 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this interim final rule with comment period to replace the Data Element Catalog (DEC) standard and the Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III standard adopted in the final rule published on September 4, 2012 in the Federal Register with updated versions of those standards. This interim final rule with comment period also revises the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs by adding an alternative measure for the Stage 2 meaningful use (MU) objective for hospitals to provide structured electronic laboratory results to ambulatory providers, correcting the regulation text for the measures associated with the objective for hospitals to provide patients the ability to view online, download, and transmit information about a hospital admission, and making the case number threshold exemption for clinical quality measure (CQM) reporting applicable for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) beginning with FY 2013. This rule also provides notice of CMS's intention to issue technical corrections to the electronic specifications for CQMs released on October 25, 2012.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29417 RIN 0930-AA14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Final rule. This rule is effective January 7, 2013. 42 CFR Part 8 This final rule amends the federal opioid treatment program regulations by modifying the dispensing requirements for buprenorphine and buprenorphine combination products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for opioid dependence and used in federally certified and registered opioid treatment programs. In particular, this rule would allow opioid treatment programs more flexibility in dispensing take-home supplies of buprenorphine—removing restrictions on the time a patient needs to be in treatment in order to receive take-home supplies—after the assessment and documentation of a patient's responsibility and stability to receive opioid addiction treatment medication. Opioid treatment programs that use these products in the treatment of opioid dependence will continue to adhere to all other federal treatment standards established for methadone.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28784 RIN 0920-AA34 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule; correction. Effective Date: Effective December 4, 2012. 42 CFR Part 73 The Department of Health and Human Services is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on October 5, 2012 (77 FR 61084). The document updated the list of HHS and overlap biological agents and toxins and designated certain select agents and toxins as Tier 1 agents.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26903 RIN 0938-AR13 CMS-1352-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective Date: These regulations are effective on January 1, 2013. Applicability Date: The regulations setting forth the reductions in Medicare bad debt pursuant to section 3201 of the Middle Class Tax Extension and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-96) are applicable for cost reporting periods beginning October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 413 and 417 This final rule updates and makes revisions to the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2013. This rule also sets forth requirements for the ESRD quality incentive program (QIP), including for payment year (PY) 2015 and beyond. In addition, this rule implements changes to bad debt reimbursement for all Medicare providers, suppliers, and other entities eligible to receive Medicare payment for bad debt and removes the cap on bad debt reimbursement to ESRD facilities. (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26903 RIN 0938-AR13 CMS-1352-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective Date: These regulations are effective on January 1, 2013. Applicability Date: The regulations setting forth the reductions in Medicare bad debt pursuant to section 3201 of the Middle Class Tax Extension and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-96) are applicable for cost reporting periods beginning October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 413 and 417 This final rule updates and makes revisions to the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2013. This rule also sets forth requirements for the ESRD quality incentive program (QIP), including for payment year (PY) 2015 and beyond. In addition, this rule implements changes to bad debt reimbursement for all Medicare providers, suppliers, and other entities eligible to receive Medicare payment for bad debt and removes the cap on bad debt reimbursement to ESRD facilities. (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26507 RIN CMS-2370-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Part 438, 441, and 447 This final rule implements Medicaid payment for primary care services furnished by certain physicians in calendar years (CYs) 2013 and 2014 at rates not less than the Medicare rates in effect in those CYs or, if greater, the payment rates that would be applicable in those CYs using the CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor. This minimum payment level applies to specified primary care services furnished by a physician with a specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine, and also applies to services rendered by these provider types paid by Medicaid managed care plans contracted by states to provide the primary care services. It also provides for 100 percent federal financial participation (FFP) for any increase in payment above the amounts that would be due for these services under the provisions of the approved Medicaid state plan, as of July 1, 2009. In other words, there will not be any additional cost to states for payments above the amount required by the 2009 rate methodology. In this final rule, we specify which services and types of physicians qualify for the minimum payment level in CYs 2013 and 2014, and the method for calculating the payment amount and any increase for which increased federal funding is due. In addition, this final rule will update the interim regional maximum fees that providers may charge for the administration of pediatric vaccines to federally vaccine-eligible children under the Pediatric Immunization Distribution Program, more commonly known as the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26507 RIN CMS-2370-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Part 438, 441, and 447 This final rule implements Medicaid payment for primary care services furnished by certain physicians in calendar years (CYs) 2013 and 2014 at rates not less than the Medicare rates in effect in those CYs or, if greater, the payment rates that would be applicable in those CYs using the CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor. This minimum payment level applies to specified primary care services furnished by a physician with a specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine, and also applies to services rendered by these provider types paid by Medicaid managed care plans contracted by states to provide the primary care services. It also provides for 100 percent federal financial participation (FFP) for any increase in payment above the amounts that would be due for these services under the provisions of the approved Medicaid state plan, as of July 1, 2009. In other words, there will not be any additional cost to states for payments above the amount required by the 2009 rate methodology. In this final rule, we specify which services and types of physicians qualify for the minimum payment level in CYs 2013 and 2014, and the method for calculating the payment amount and any increase for which increased federal funding is due. In addition, this final rule will update the interim regional maximum fees that providers may charge for the administration of pediatric vaccines to federally vaccine-eligible children under the Pediatric Immunization Distribution Program, more commonly known as the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26507 RIN CMS-2370-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Part 438, 441, and 447 This final rule implements Medicaid payment for primary care services furnished by certain physicians in calendar years (CYs) 2013 and 2014 at rates not less than the Medicare rates in effect in those CYs or, if greater, the payment rates that would be applicable in those CYs using the CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor. This minimum payment level applies to specified primary care services furnished by a physician with a specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine, and also applies to services rendered by these provider types paid by Medicaid managed care plans contracted by states to provide the primary care services. It also provides for 100 percent federal financial participation (FFP) for any increase in payment above the amounts that would be due for these services under the provisions of the approved Medicaid state plan, as of July 1, 2009. In other words, there will not be any additional cost to states for payments above the amount required by the 2009 rate methodology. In this final rule, we specify which services and types of physicians qualify for the minimum payment level in CYs 2013 and 2014, and the method for calculating the payment amount and any increase for which increased federal funding is due. In addition, this final rule will update the interim regional maximum fees that providers may charge for the administration of pediatric vaccines to federally vaccine-eligible children under the Pediatric Immunization Distribution Program, more commonly known as the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26505 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 26, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26505 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 26, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26505 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 26, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26505 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 26, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25975 RIN -0938-AQ84 CMS-0044-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: This document is effective on November 12, 2012, except that the correction to instruction 8.NN (77 FR 54149) is effective October 23, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 495 This document corrects technical errors and typographical errors in the final rule entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program—Stage 2” which appeared in the September 4, 2012 issue of the Federal Register .
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25975 RIN -0938-AQ84 CMS-0044-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: This document is effective on November 12, 2012, except that the correction to instruction 8.NN (77 FR 54149) is effective October 23, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 495 This document corrects technical errors and typographical errors in the final rule entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program—Stage 2” which appeared in the September 4, 2012 issue of the Federal Register .
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25975 RIN -0938-AQ84 CMS-0044-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: This document is effective on November 12, 2012, except that the correction to instruction 8.NN (77 FR 54149) is effective October 23, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 495 This document corrects technical errors and typographical errors in the final rule entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program—Stage 2” which appeared in the September 4, 2012 issue of the Federal Register .
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25464 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-F2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correcting amendment. Effective Date: This correcting amendment is effective October 12, 2012. Applicability Date: The provisions of this correcting amendment are applicable October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412 This document corrects technical errors in the regulations text of the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers” (hereinafter referred to as the FY 2013 IPPS/LTCH PPS final rule).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25142 RIN 0920-AA49 Docket No. CDC-2012-0007 NIOSH-257 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Final rule; correction. Effective October 12, 2012. 42 CFR Part 88 On September 12, 2012, HHS published a final rule in the Federal Register adding certain types of cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions. The final rule has an effective date of October 12, 2012. Several ICD coding errors were made in Table 1, which identifies each added cancer type by name and ICD-9 and -10 codes. This correction includes the corrected Table 1, in full. No types of cancer are being added or removed from Table 1 by this action.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24389 RIN 0920-AA34 Docket No. CDC-2011-0012 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule. Effective Dates: The amendments to §§ 73.1, 73.3 through 73.6, 73.9, 73.10, 73.13, 73.16, 73.17, and 73.20, of Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations are effective December 4, 2012. The remaining provisions to this final rule are effective April 3, 2013. Applicability Dates: By December 4, 2012, all entities that possess SARS, Chapare, and Lujo viruses must provide notice to CDC regarding their possession of these viruses, and by April 3, 2013, all previously unregistered entities must meet all of the requirements of this part. The Final Rule timelines are based on the timelines that worked effectively for the Federal Select Agent Program Interim Final Rules that were published in December 2002. If the regulated community has concerns about the established timeline, they can contact Federal Select Agent Program for technical assistance. Comment Date: Written comments on the new information collection contained in this final rule should be received by October 15, 2012. 42 CFR Part 73 In accordance with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reviewed the list of biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety and is republishing that list. As a result of our review, we have added Chapare virus, Lujo virus, and SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) to the list of HHS select agents and toxins. We have also removed from the list of HHS and overlap select agents and toxins, or excluded from compliance with part 73, the agents and toxins described in the Executive Summary. Further, in accordance with Executive Order 13546, “Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States,” HHS/CDC has designated those select agents and toxins that present the greatest risk of deliberate misuse with the most significant potential for mass casualties or devastating effects to the economy, critical infrastructure; or public confidence as “Tier 1” agents; established new security requirements for entities possessing Tier 1 agents, including the requirement to conduct pre-access assessments and on-going monitoring of personnel with access to Tier 1 agents and toxins; and made revisions to the regulations to clarify regulatory language concerning security, training, biosafety, and incident response. In a companion document published in this issue of the Federal Register , the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made parallel regulatory changes.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24307 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24307 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24307 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24307 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
Title 42 published on 2012-10-01
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to Title 42 after this date.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-09003 RIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Change in certification requirements. This change in certification requirements is effective April 17, 2013. 42 CFR Part 88 On September 12, 2012, HHS published a final rule in the Federal Register adding certain types of cancer to the List of World Trade Center (WTC)-Related Health Conditions (List) established in the WTC Health Program regulation. Breast cancer was included on the List, although only individuals experiencing nighttime sleep disruption as a result of response and cleanup activities involving shiftwork are currently considered to have experienced exposure relevant for certification. A recent publication in The Lancet Oncology by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concludes that there is limited evidence that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) cause breast cancer in humans. As described below, the WTC Program Administrator (Administrator) has found that PCBs were present in WTC dust in the New York City disaster area and, accordingly, the Program will now certify breast cancer in eligible WTC responders and survivors who were exposed to either shiftwork/nighttime sleep disruption or PCBs as a result of the 9/11 attacks.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-08312 RIN 0938-AR70 CMS-1454-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 10, 2013. 42 CFR Part 411 This proposed rule would revise the exception to the physician self-referral prohibition for certain arrangements involving the donation of electronic health records items and services. Specifically, it would extend the sunset date of the exception, remove the electronic prescribing capability requirement, and update the provision under which electronic health records technology is deemed interoperable. In addition, we are requesting public comment on other changes we are considering.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-08314 RIN 0936-AA03 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of Inspector General Proposed rule. To assure consideration, comments must be delivered to the address provided below by no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 10, 2013. 42 CFR Part 1001 In this proposed rule, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) proposes to amend the safe harbor regulation concerning electronic health records items and services, which defines certain conduct that is protected from liability under the Federal anti-kickback statute in the Social Security Act (the Act). The proposed amendments include an update to the provision under which electronic health records software is deemed interoperable; removal of the electronic prescribing capability requirement; and extension of the sunset provision. In addition, OIG is requesting public comment on other changes it is considering.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-07737 RIN 0905-AA43 Docket No. NIH-2008-0003 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, National Institutes of Health, HHS Final rule. This final rule is effective May 6, 2013. 42 CFR Part 68 As a part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s ongoing retrospective review initiative, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is rescinding the existing regulations for two of its eight loan repayment programs and issuing in their place a new consolidated set of regulations governing all of the NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). There are currently eight programs, including three for researchers employed by the NIH (Intramural LRPs) and five for non-NIH scientists (Extramural LRPs). The Intramural LRPs include the Loan Repayment Program for Research with Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (or AIDS Research LRP); Loan Repayment Program for General Research (or General Research LRP), which includes a program for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Fellows; and Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (or Clinical Research LRP for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds). The Extramural LRPs include the Loan Repayment Program for Contraception and Infertility Research (or Contraception and Infertility Research LRP); Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (or Clinical Research LRP for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds); Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Research (or Clinical Research LRP); Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric Research (or Pediatric Research LRP); and Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (or Health Disparities Research LRP).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-07950 RIN 0938-AQ33 CMS-3255-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 4, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 488 and 489 This proposed rule would revise the survey, certification, and enforcement procedures related to CMS oversight of national accreditation organizations (AOs). These revisions would implement certain provisions under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA). The proposed revisions would also clarify and strengthen our oversight of AOs that apply for, and are granted, recognition and approval of an accreditation program in accordance with the Social Security Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-07950 RIN 0938-AQ33 CMS-3255-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 4, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 488 and 489 This proposed rule would revise the survey, certification, and enforcement procedures related to CMS oversight of national accreditation organizations (AOs). These revisions would implement certain provisions under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA). The proposed revisions would also clarify and strengthen our oversight of AOs that apply for, and are granted, recognition and approval of an accreditation program in accordance with the Social Security Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-07599 RIN 0938-AR38 CMS-2327-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with request for comments. Effective Date: These regulations are effective June 3, 2013. Comment Date: To be assured of consideration, comments on § 433.10(c)(8), § 433.206(c)(4), § 433.206(d), § 433.206(e), § 433.206(f), and § 433.206(g) must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 3, 2013. 42 CFR Part 433 This final rule implements the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act) relating to the availability of increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) rates for certain adult populations under states' Medicaid programs. This final rule implements and interprets the increased FMAP rates that will be applicable beginning January 1, 2014 and sets forth conditions for states to claim these increased FMAP rates.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-07146 RIN 0920-AA48 Docket No. CDC-2013-0002 NIOSH-261 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Interim final rule with request for comments. This interim final rule will be effective May 1, 2013. HHS invites written comments from interested parties on this interim final rule and on the information collection approval request sought under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Comments must be received by April 30, 2013. 42 CFR Part 88 Title I of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 amended the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) by adding Title XXXIII, which establishes the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program. The WTC Health Program is administered by the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and provides medical monitoring and treatment to eligible firefighters and related personnel, law enforcement officers, and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, and to eligible survivors of the New York City attacks. Section 3311(a)(2)(C) of the PHS Act requires the WTC Program Administrator (Administrator) to develop eligibility criteria for enrollment of Shanksville, Pennsylvania and Pentagon responders. This interim final rule establishes those eligibility criteria.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06914 RIN 0920-AA42 Docket No. CDC-2013-0004 NIOSH-216 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. HHS invites comments on this proposed rule from interested parties. Comments must be received by May 28, 2013. 42 CFR Part 84 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposes to revise the fee structure currently used by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to charge respirator manufacturers for the examination, inspection, and testing of respirators which are submitted to NIOSH for the purpose of creating or modifying a certificate of approval. Existing regulations reflect prices for respirator testing and approval that were promulgated in 1972, and have not kept pace with the actual costs of providing these services that benefit respirator manufacturers. This proposed rule is designed to update the regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06276 RIN 0938-AQ09 CMS-3230-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective on April 18, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 483, 488, 489, and 498 This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that publishedFebruary 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program. The requirements implemented section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that, among other things, in the case of an LTC facility closure, individuals serving as administrators of a SNF or NF provide written notification of the impending closure and a plan for the relocation of residents at least 60 days prior to the impending closure or, if the Secretary terminates the facility's participation in Medicare or Medicaid, not later than the date the Secretary determines appropriate.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06276 RIN 0938-AQ09 CMS-3230-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective on April 18, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 483, 488, 489, and 498 This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that publishedFebruary 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program. The requirements implemented section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that, among other things, in the case of an LTC facility closure, individuals serving as administrators of a SNF or NF provide written notification of the impending closure and a plan for the relocation of residents at least 60 days prior to the impending closure or, if the Secretary terminates the facility's participation in Medicare or Medicaid, not later than the date the Secretary determines appropriate.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06276 RIN 0938-AQ09 CMS-3230-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective on April 18, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 483, 488, 489, and 498 This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that publishedFebruary 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program. The requirements implemented section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that, among other things, in the case of an LTC facility closure, individuals serving as administrators of a SNF or NF provide written notification of the impending closure and a plan for the relocation of residents at least 60 days prior to the impending closure or, if the Secretary terminates the facility's participation in Medicare or Medicaid, not later than the date the Secretary determines appropriate.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06276 RIN 0938-AQ09 CMS-3230-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective on April 18, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 483, 488, 489, and 498 This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that publishedFebruary 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program. The requirements implemented section 6113 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that, among other things, in the case of an LTC facility closure, individuals serving as administrators of a SNF or NF provide written notification of the impending closure and a plan for the relocation of residents at least 60 days prior to the impending closure or, if the Secretary terminates the facility's participation in Medicare or Medicaid, not later than the date the Secretary determines appropriate.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06159 RIN CMS-1455-NR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of CMS ruling. The CMS ruling announced in this notice is effective on March 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 405, 411, 412, 419, 424, and 489 This notice announces a CMS Ruling that establishes a policy that revises the current policy on Part B billing following the denial of a Part A inpatient hospital claim by a Medicare review contractor on the basis that the inpatient admission was determined not reasonable and necessary. This revised policy is intended as an interim measure until CMS can finalize a policy to address the issues raised by the Administrative Law Judge and Medicare Appeals Council decisions going forward. To that end, elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , we published a proposed rule entitled, “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” to propose a permanent policy that would apply on a prospective basis.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06163 RIN 0938-AR73 CMS-1455-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on May 17, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 414 and 419 The proposed rule would revise Medicare Part B billing policies when a Part A claim for an hospital inpatient admission is denied as not medically reasonable and necessary.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-06163 RIN 0938-AR73 CMS-1455-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on May 17, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 414 and 419 The proposed rule would revise Medicare Part B billing policies when a Part A claim for an hospital inpatient admission is denied as not medically reasonable and necessary.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05724 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective date: This correcting document is effective March 12, 2013. Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to discharges on or after October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the correcting document that appeared in the October 3, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Correction.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05724 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective date: This correcting document is effective March 12, 2013. Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to discharges on or after October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the correcting document that appeared in the October 3, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Correction.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05724 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective date: This correcting document is effective March 12, 2013. Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to discharges on or after October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the correcting document that appeared in the October 3, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Correction.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05724 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective date: This correcting document is effective March 12, 2013. Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to discharges on or after October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the correcting document that appeared in the October 3, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Correction.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05263 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-N DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Notice of extension. Effective date: March 4, 2013. Applicability dates: The provisions described in this notice are applicable for discharges on or after October 1, 2012 and on or before September 30, 2013. 42 CFR Part 412 This notice announces changes to the payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program under the hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for FY 2013 in accordance with sections 605 and 606, respectively, of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-04137 RIN 0920-AA22 Docket No. CDC-2012-0016 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Confirmation of effective date of Direct Final Rule. The Direct Final Rule published at 77 FR 75880, December 26, 2012, becomes effective on February 25, 2013. 42 CFR Part 70 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing this document to confirm the effective date of the Direct Final Rule (DFR), published on December 26, 2012 (77 FR 75880).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-04136 RIN 0920-AA12 Docket No. CDC-2012-0017 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Confirmation of effective date of direct final rule. The Direct Final Rule published at 77 FR 75939, December, 26, 2012, becomes effective on February 25, 2013. 42 CFR Part 71 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing this document to confirm the effective date of the Direct Final Rule (DFR), published on December 26, 2012 (77 FR 75939).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-04131 RIN 0920-AA12 Docket No. CDC-2012-0017 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published at 77 FR 75939, December 26, 2012, is withdrawn, effective immediately. 42 CFR Part 71 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is withdrawing a previously published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that solicited public comment on updates to the Scope and Definitions for its regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-04139 RIN 0920-AA22 Docket No. CDC-2012-0016 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published at 77 FR 75936, December 26, 2012, is withdrawn, effective immediately. 42 CFR Part 70 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is withdrawing a previously published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that solicited public comment on updates to the Scope and Definitions for its regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-03921 RIN 0938-AR69 CMS-4173-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. EST on April 16, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 422 and 423 This proposed rule would implement medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements for the Medicare Advantage Program and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-03921 RIN 0938-AR69 CMS-4173-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. EST on April 16, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 422 and 423 This proposed rule would implement medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements for the Medicare Advantage Program and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-03064 RIN 0920-AA23 Docket No. HHS/CDC-2011-0001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule. This final rule is effective April 16, 2013. 42 CFR Part 71 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is amending regulations for the importation of live nonhuman primates (NHPs) by extending existing requirements for the importation of Macaca fascicularis (cynomolgus), Chlorocebus aethiops (African green), and Macaca mulatta (rhesus) monkeys to all NHPs with the exception of the filovirus testing requirement. Filovirus testing will only be required for Old World NHPs in quarantine that have illness consistent with filovirus infection or that die for any reason other than trauma during quarantine. HHS/CDC is also finalizing a provision to reduce the frequency at which importers of cynomolgus, African green, and rhesus monkeys are required to renew their special permits (from every 180 days to every 2 years). HHS/CDC is incorporating existing guidelines into the regulations and adding new provisions to address the following: NHPs imported as part of an animal act; NHPs imported or transferred by zoological societies; the transfer of NHPs from approved laboratories; and non-live imported NHP products. Finally, HHS/CDC is also requiring that all NHPs be imported only through ports of entry where a HHS/CDC quarantine station is located.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02825 RIN 0920-AA47 Docket No. CDC-2012-0002 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule. This final rule is effective on March 14, 2013. 42 CFR Part 71 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is amending regulations for the importation of live nonhuman primates (NHPs) by establishing a user fee for filovirus testing of all nonhuman primates that die during the HHS/CDC-required 31-day quarantine period for any reason other than trauma. We are amending the regulations to establish a filovirus testing service at HHS/CDC, because testing is no longer being offered by the only private, commercial laboratory that previously performed these tests. This testing service will be funded through user fees.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02828 RIN Docket No. CDC-2012-0010 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Request for information; reopening of comment period. Written or electronic comments must be received on or before March 11, 2013. 42 CFR Part 73 With this notice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the re-opening of a public comment period for a request for information and comment published on October 17, 2012. The request for information sought information and comments from the public regarding whether highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses that contain a hemagglutinin (HA) from the Goose/Guangdong/1/96 lineage, and their potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. The comment period closed on December 17, 2012. We are reopening the comment period to allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02572 RIN 0938-AR33 CMS-5060-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective date: These regulations are effective on April 9, 2013. Compliance date: Applicable manufacturers and applicable group purchasing organizations must begin to collect the required data on August 1, 2013 and report the data to CMS by March 31, 2014. 42 CFR Parts 402 and 403 This final rule will require applicable manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to report annually to the Secretary certain payments or transfers of value provided to physicians or teaching hospitals (“covered recipients”). In addition, applicable manufacturers and applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are required to report annually certain physician ownership or investment interests. The Secretary is required to publish applicable manufacturers' and applicable GPOs' submitted payment and ownership information on a public Web site.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02572 RIN 0938-AR33 CMS-5060-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective date: These regulations are effective on April 9, 2013. Compliance date: Applicable manufacturers and applicable group purchasing organizations must begin to collect the required data on August 1, 2013 and report the data to CMS by March 31, 2014. 42 CFR Parts 402 and 403 This final rule will require applicable manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to report annually to the Secretary certain payments or transfers of value provided to physicians or teaching hospitals (“covered recipients”). In addition, applicable manufacturers and applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are required to report annually certain physician ownership or investment interests. The Secretary is required to publish applicable manufacturers' and applicable GPOs' submitted payment and ownership information on a public Web site.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02421 RIN 0938-AR49 CMS-3267-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 8, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 416, 442, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 491, and 493 This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers, as well as certain regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from providing high quality patient care. This is one of several rules that we are proposing to achieve regulatory reforms under Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review and the Department's plan for retrospective review of existing rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02421 RIN 0938-AR49 CMS-3267-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 8, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 416, 442, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 491, and 493 This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers, as well as certain regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from providing high quality patient care. This is one of several rules that we are proposing to achieve regulatory reforms under Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review and the Department's plan for retrospective review of existing rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02421 RIN 0938-AR49 CMS-3267-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 8, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 416, 442, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 491, and 493 This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers, as well as certain regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from providing high quality patient care. This is one of several rules that we are proposing to achieve regulatory reforms under Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review and the Department's plan for retrospective review of existing rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02421 RIN 0938-AR49 CMS-3267-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 8, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 416, 442, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 491, and 493 This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers, as well as certain regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from providing high quality patient care. This is one of several rules that we are proposing to achieve regulatory reforms under Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review and the Department's plan for retrospective review of existing rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02421 RIN 0938-AR49 CMS-3267-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 8, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 416, 442, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 491, and 493 This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers, as well as certain regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from providing high quality patient care. This is one of several rules that we are proposing to achieve regulatory reforms under Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review and the Department's plan for retrospective review of existing rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02421 RIN 0938-AR49 CMS-3267-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 8, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 416, 442, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 491, and 493 This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers, as well as certain regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from providing high quality patient care. This is one of several rules that we are proposing to achieve regulatory reforms under Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review and the Department's plan for retrospective review of existing rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02421 RIN 0938-AR49 CMS-3267-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 8, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 416, 442, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 491, and 493 This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers, as well as certain regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from providing high quality patient care. This is one of several rules that we are proposing to achieve regulatory reforms under Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review and the Department's plan for retrospective review of existing rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02421 RIN 0938-AR49 CMS-3267-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 8, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 416, 442, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 491, and 493 This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers, as well as certain regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from providing high quality patient care. This is one of several rules that we are proposing to achieve regulatory reforms under Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review and the Department's plan for retrospective review of existing rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02421 RIN 0938-AR49 CMS-3267-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 8, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 416, 442, 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 491, and 493 This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers, as well as certain regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from providing high quality patient care. This is one of several rules that we are proposing to achieve regulatory reforms under Executive Order 13563 on improving regulation and regulatory review and the Department's plan for retrospective review of existing rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02391 RIN 0920-AA37 Docket No. CDC-2011-0007 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule. The final rule is effective April 5, 2013. 42 CFR Part 71 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this final rule amending the regulations regarding the importation of infectious biological agents, infectious substances, and vectors. The amendments improve HHS/CDC's ability to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases into the United States.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02094 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule; correction. The comment close date for the proposed rule under the same heading published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register is correctly extended to February 21, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This document makes a technical correction to the proposed rule published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing.” The proposed rule provided for the close of the comment period to be February 13, 2013, whereas the close of the comment period was intended to be February 21, 2013. This document makes this technical correction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02094 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule; correction. The comment close date for the proposed rule under the same heading published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register is correctly extended to February 21, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This document makes a technical correction to the proposed rule published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing.” The proposed rule provided for the close of the comment period to be February 13, 2013, whereas the close of the comment period was intended to be February 21, 2013. This document makes this technical correction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02094 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule; correction. The comment close date for the proposed rule under the same heading published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register is correctly extended to February 21, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This document makes a technical correction to the proposed rule published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing.” The proposed rule provided for the close of the comment period to be February 13, 2013, whereas the close of the comment period was intended to be February 21, 2013. This document makes this technical correction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02094 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule; correction. The comment close date for the proposed rule under the same heading published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register is correctly extended to February 21, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This document makes a technical correction to the proposed rule published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing.” The proposed rule provided for the close of the comment period to be February 13, 2013, whereas the close of the comment period was intended to be February 21, 2013. This document makes this technical correction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02094 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule; correction. The comment close date for the proposed rule under the same heading published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register is correctly extended to February 21, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This document makes a technical correction to the proposed rule published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing.” The proposed rule provided for the close of the comment period to be February 13, 2013, whereas the close of the comment period was intended to be February 21, 2013. This document makes this technical correction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02094 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule; correction. The comment close date for the proposed rule under the same heading published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register is correctly extended to February 21, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This document makes a technical correction to the proposed rule published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing.” The proposed rule provided for the close of the comment period to be February 13, 2013, whereas the close of the comment period was intended to be February 21, 2013. This document makes this technical correction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-02094 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule; correction. The comment close date for the proposed rule under the same heading published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register is correctly extended to February 21, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This document makes a technical correction to the proposed rule published in the January 22, 2013 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing.” The proposed rule provided for the close of the comment period to be February 13, 2013, whereas the close of the comment period was intended to be February 21, 2013. This document makes this technical correction.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00659 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This proposed rule would implement provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act), and the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). This proposed rule reflects new statutory eligibility provisions; proposes changes to provide states more flexibility to coordinate Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility notices, appeals, and other related administrative procedures with similar procedures used by other health coverage programs authorized under the Affordable Care Act; modernizes and streamlines existing rules, eliminates obsolete rules, and updates provisions to reflect Medicaid eligibility pathways; revises the rules relating to the substitution of coverage to improve the coordination of CHIP coverage with other coverage; implements other CHIPRA eligibility-related provisions, including eligibility for newborns whose mothers were eligible for and receiving Medicaid or CHIP coverage at the time of birth; amends certain provisions included in the “State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages” final rule published on April 30, 2010; and implements specific provisions including eligibility appeals, notices, and verification of eligibility for qualifying coverage in an eligible employer-sponsored plan for Affordable Insurance Exchanges. This rule also proposes to update and simplify the complex Medicaid premiums and cost sharing requirements, to promote the most effective use of services, and to assist states in identifying cost sharing flexibilities.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00659 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This proposed rule would implement provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act), and the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). This proposed rule reflects new statutory eligibility provisions; proposes changes to provide states more flexibility to coordinate Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility notices, appeals, and other related administrative procedures with similar procedures used by other health coverage programs authorized under the Affordable Care Act; modernizes and streamlines existing rules, eliminates obsolete rules, and updates provisions to reflect Medicaid eligibility pathways; revises the rules relating to the substitution of coverage to improve the coordination of CHIP coverage with other coverage; implements other CHIPRA eligibility-related provisions, including eligibility for newborns whose mothers were eligible for and receiving Medicaid or CHIP coverage at the time of birth; amends certain provisions included in the “State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages” final rule published on April 30, 2010; and implements specific provisions including eligibility appeals, notices, and verification of eligibility for qualifying coverage in an eligible employer-sponsored plan for Affordable Insurance Exchanges. This rule also proposes to update and simplify the complex Medicaid premiums and cost sharing requirements, to promote the most effective use of services, and to assist states in identifying cost sharing flexibilities.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00659 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This proposed rule would implement provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act), and the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). This proposed rule reflects new statutory eligibility provisions; proposes changes to provide states more flexibility to coordinate Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility notices, appeals, and other related administrative procedures with similar procedures used by other health coverage programs authorized under the Affordable Care Act; modernizes and streamlines existing rules, eliminates obsolete rules, and updates provisions to reflect Medicaid eligibility pathways; revises the rules relating to the substitution of coverage to improve the coordination of CHIP coverage with other coverage; implements other CHIPRA eligibility-related provisions, including eligibility for newborns whose mothers were eligible for and receiving Medicaid or CHIP coverage at the time of birth; amends certain provisions included in the “State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages” final rule published on April 30, 2010; and implements specific provisions including eligibility appeals, notices, and verification of eligibility for qualifying coverage in an eligible employer-sponsored plan for Affordable Insurance Exchanges. This rule also proposes to update and simplify the complex Medicaid premiums and cost sharing requirements, to promote the most effective use of services, and to assist states in identifying cost sharing flexibilities.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00659 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This proposed rule would implement provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act), and the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). This proposed rule reflects new statutory eligibility provisions; proposes changes to provide states more flexibility to coordinate Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility notices, appeals, and other related administrative procedures with similar procedures used by other health coverage programs authorized under the Affordable Care Act; modernizes and streamlines existing rules, eliminates obsolete rules, and updates provisions to reflect Medicaid eligibility pathways; revises the rules relating to the substitution of coverage to improve the coordination of CHIP coverage with other coverage; implements other CHIPRA eligibility-related provisions, including eligibility for newborns whose mothers were eligible for and receiving Medicaid or CHIP coverage at the time of birth; amends certain provisions included in the “State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages” final rule published on April 30, 2010; and implements specific provisions including eligibility appeals, notices, and verification of eligibility for qualifying coverage in an eligible employer-sponsored plan for Affordable Insurance Exchanges. This rule also proposes to update and simplify the complex Medicaid premiums and cost sharing requirements, to promote the most effective use of services, and to assist states in identifying cost sharing flexibilities.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00659 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This proposed rule would implement provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act), and the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). This proposed rule reflects new statutory eligibility provisions; proposes changes to provide states more flexibility to coordinate Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility notices, appeals, and other related administrative procedures with similar procedures used by other health coverage programs authorized under the Affordable Care Act; modernizes and streamlines existing rules, eliminates obsolete rules, and updates provisions to reflect Medicaid eligibility pathways; revises the rules relating to the substitution of coverage to improve the coordination of CHIP coverage with other coverage; implements other CHIPRA eligibility-related provisions, including eligibility for newborns whose mothers were eligible for and receiving Medicaid or CHIP coverage at the time of birth; amends certain provisions included in the “State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages” final rule published on April 30, 2010; and implements specific provisions including eligibility appeals, notices, and verification of eligibility for qualifying coverage in an eligible employer-sponsored plan for Affordable Insurance Exchanges. This rule also proposes to update and simplify the complex Medicaid premiums and cost sharing requirements, to promote the most effective use of services, and to assist states in identifying cost sharing flexibilities.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00659 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This proposed rule would implement provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act), and the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). This proposed rule reflects new statutory eligibility provisions; proposes changes to provide states more flexibility to coordinate Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility notices, appeals, and other related administrative procedures with similar procedures used by other health coverage programs authorized under the Affordable Care Act; modernizes and streamlines existing rules, eliminates obsolete rules, and updates provisions to reflect Medicaid eligibility pathways; revises the rules relating to the substitution of coverage to improve the coordination of CHIP coverage with other coverage; implements other CHIPRA eligibility-related provisions, including eligibility for newborns whose mothers were eligible for and receiving Medicaid or CHIP coverage at the time of birth; amends certain provisions included in the “State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages” final rule published on April 30, 2010; and implements specific provisions including eligibility appeals, notices, and verification of eligibility for qualifying coverage in an eligible employer-sponsored plan for Affordable Insurance Exchanges. This rule also proposes to update and simplify the complex Medicaid premiums and cost sharing requirements, to promote the most effective use of services, and to assist states in identifying cost sharing flexibilities.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00659 RIN 0938-AR04 CMS-2334-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Proposed rule. To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 13, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, and 457 This proposed rule would implement provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act), and the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). This proposed rule reflects new statutory eligibility provisions; proposes changes to provide states more flexibility to coordinate Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility notices, appeals, and other related administrative procedures with similar procedures used by other health coverage programs authorized under the Affordable Care Act; modernizes and streamlines existing rules, eliminates obsolete rules, and updates provisions to reflect Medicaid eligibility pathways; revises the rules relating to the substitution of coverage to improve the coordination of CHIP coverage with other coverage; implements other CHIPRA eligibility-related provisions, including eligibility for newborns whose mothers were eligible for and receiving Medicaid or CHIP coverage at the time of birth; amends certain provisions included in the “State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages” final rule published on April 30, 2010; and implements specific provisions including eligibility appeals, notices, and verification of eligibility for qualifying coverage in an eligible employer-sponsored plan for Affordable Insurance Exchanges. This rule also proposes to update and simplify the complex Medicaid premiums and cost sharing requirements, to promote the most effective use of services, and to assist states in identifying cost sharing flexibilities.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-00371 RIN 0920-AA38 Docket No. CDC-2012-0009 NIOSH-258 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Final rule. This final rule is effective February 13, 2013. 42 CFR Part 84 On June 25, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to update respirator approval standards in response to a petition to amend our regulations, current requirements for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) remaining service-life indicators or warning devices. These indicators are built into a respirator to alert the user that the breathing air provided by the respirator is close to depletion. In this final rule, HHS responds to public comment on the proposed rule and revises the current standard, employed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) located within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to allow greater flexibility in the setting of the indicator alarm to ensure that the alarm more effectively meets the different worker protection needs of different work operations. This final rule sets a minimum alarm point at 25 percent of the rated service time and allows the manufacturer to offer remaining service life set point at a higher value or values appropriate to the purchaser's use scenario.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-31107 RIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of Inspector General Notice of intent to develop regulations. To ensure consideration, public comments must be delivered to the address provided below by no later than 5 p.m. on February 26, 2013. 42 CFR Part 1001 In accordance with section 205 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), this annual notice solicits proposals and recommendations for developing new and modifying existing safe harbor provisions under the Federal anti-kickback statute (section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act), as well as developing new OIG Special Fraud Alerts.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30729 RIN 0920-AA22 Docket No. CDC-2012-0016 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Direct Final Rule and request for comments. The DFR is effective on February 25, 2013 unless significant adverse comment is received by January 25, 2013. If we receive no significant adverse comments within the specified comment period, we intend to publish a document confirming the effective date of the final rule in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period on this DFR ends. If we receive any timely significant adverse comment, we will withdraw this DFR in part or in whole by publication of a document in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period ends. 42 CFR Part 70 In this Direct Final Rule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to update the definitions for interstate quarantine regulations to reflect modern terminology and plain language used by private industry and public health partners. These updates will not affect current practices. As part of the update, we are updating two existing definitions and adding eight new definitions to clarify existing provisions, as well as updating regulations to reflect the most recent Executive Order addressing quarantinable communicable diseases.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30723 RIN 0920-AA12 Docket No. CDC-2012-0017 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Direct Final Rule and request for comments. The direct final rule is effective on February 25, 2013 unless significant adverse comment is received by January 25, 2013. If we receive no significant adverse comments within the specified comment period, we intend to publish a document confirming the effective date of the final rule in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period on this DFR ends. If we receive any timely significant adverse comment, we will withdraw this final rule in part or in whole by publication of a document in the Federal Register within 30 days after the comment period ends. 42 CFR Part 71 Through this Direct Final Rule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is updating and reorganizing the Scope and Definitions for foreign quarantine regulations and add a new section to contain definitions for Importations. This Direct Final Rule (DFR) will update the scope and definitions to reflect modern terminology and plain language used globally by industry and public health partners. As part of the update, we are updating five existing definitions; adding thirteen new definitions to help clarify existing provisions; creating a new scope and definitions section for Importations under a new section by reorganizing existing definitions into this new section; and updating regulations to reflect the language used by the most recent Executive Order regarding quarantinable communicable diseases.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30726 RIN 0920-AA22 Docket No. CDC-2012-0016 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and request for comments. Submit written or electronic comments by January 25, 2013. 42 CFR Part 70 In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to update the definitions for interstate quarantine regulations to reflect modern terminology and plain language used by private industry and public health partners. These updates will not affect current practices. As part of the update, we are updating two existing definitions and adding eight new definitions to clarify existing provisions, as well as updating regulations to reflect the most recent Executive Order addressing quarantinable communicable diseases.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-30725 RIN 0920-AA12 Docket No. CDC-2012-0017 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and request for comments. Submit written or electronic comments by January 25, 2013. 42 CFR Part 71 Through this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to update and reorganize the Scope and Definitions for foreign quarantine regulations and add a new section to contain definitions for Importations . This NPRM proposes to update the Scope and Definitions to reflect modern terminology and plain language used globally by industry and public health partners. As part of the proposed updates, we are updating five existing definitions; adding thirteen new definitions to help clarify existing provisions; creating a new scope and definitions section for Importations under a new section by reorganizing existing definitions into this new section; and updating regulations to reflect the language used by the most recent Executive Order regarding quarantinable communicable diseases.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29640 RIN 0938-AQ63 CMS-2370-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 438, 441, and 447 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule published in the November 6, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid Program; Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vaccine Administration under the Vaccines for Children Program.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29640 RIN 0938-AQ63 CMS-2370-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 438, 441, and 447 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule published in the November 6, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid Program; Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vaccine Administration under the Vaccines for Children Program.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29640 RIN 0938-AQ63 CMS-2370-CN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 438, 441, and 447 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule published in the November 6, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicaid Program; Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vaccine Administration under the Vaccines for Children Program.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29607 RIN 0938-AR71 CMS-0046-IFC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Office of the Secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Interim final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This interim final rule with comment period is effective January 7, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of January 7, 2013. Comment Date: To be assured consideration, written or electronic comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on February 5, 2013. 42 CFR Part 495 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this interim final rule with comment period to replace the Data Element Catalog (DEC) standard and the Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III standard adopted in the final rule published on September 4, 2012 in the Federal Register with updated versions of those standards. This interim final rule with comment period also revises the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs by adding an alternative measure for the Stage 2 meaningful use (MU) objective for hospitals to provide structured electronic laboratory results to ambulatory providers, correcting the regulation text for the measures associated with the objective for hospitals to provide patients the ability to view online, download, and transmit information about a hospital admission, and making the case number threshold exemption for clinical quality measure (CQM) reporting applicable for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) beginning with FY 2013. This rule also provides notice of CMS's intention to issue technical corrections to the electronic specifications for CQMs released on October 25, 2012.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-29417 RIN 0930-AA14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Final rule. This rule is effective January 7, 2013. 42 CFR Part 8 This final rule amends the federal opioid treatment program regulations by modifying the dispensing requirements for buprenorphine and buprenorphine combination products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for opioid dependence and used in federally certified and registered opioid treatment programs. In particular, this rule would allow opioid treatment programs more flexibility in dispensing take-home supplies of buprenorphine—removing restrictions on the time a patient needs to be in treatment in order to receive take-home supplies—after the assessment and documentation of a patient's responsibility and stability to receive opioid addiction treatment medication. Opioid treatment programs that use these products in the treatment of opioid dependence will continue to adhere to all other federal treatment standards established for methadone.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28784 RIN 0920-AA34 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule; correction. Effective Date: Effective December 4, 2012. 42 CFR Part 73 The Department of Health and Human Services is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on October 5, 2012 (77 FR 61084). The document updated the list of HHS and overlap biological agents and toxins and designated certain select agents and toxins as Tier 1 agents.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26900 RIN 0938-AR11 CMS-1590-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective date: The provisions of this final rule with comment period are effective on January 1, 2013 with the exception of provisions in § 410.38 which are effective on July 1, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on May 16, 2012. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2012. (See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this final rule with comment period for a list of the provisions open for comment.) 42 CFR Parts 410, 414, 415, 421, 423, 425, 486, and 495 This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, payments for Part B drugs, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also implements provisions of the Affordable Care Act by establishing a face-to-face encounter as a condition of payment for certain durable medical equipment (DME) items. In addition, it implements statutory changes regarding the termination of non-random prepayment review. This final rule with comment period also includes a discussion in the Supplementary Information regarding various programs . (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule with comment period.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26902 RIN 0938-AR10 CMS-1589-FC DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule with comment period. Effective Date: This final rule with comment period is effective on January 1, 2013. Comment Period: To be assured consideration, comments on the payment classifications assigned to HCPCS codes identified in Addenda B, AA, and BB of this final rule with comment period with the “NI” comment indicator and on other areas specified throughout this final rule with comment period must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section no later than 5 p.m. EST on December 31, 2012. Application Deadline—New Class of New Technology Intraocular Lenses: Requests for review of applications for a new class of new technology intraocular lenses must be received by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2013, at the following address: ASC/NTOL, Division of Outpatient Care, Mailstop C4-05-17, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 42 CFR Parts 416, 419, 476, 478, 480, and 495 This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2013 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. In addition, this final rule with comment period updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program, the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program. We are continuing the electronic reporting pilot for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, and revising the various regulations governing Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), including the secure transmittal of electronic medical information, beneficiary complaint resolution and notification processes, and technical changes. The technical changes to the QIO regulations reflect CMS' commitment to the general principles of the President's Executive Order on Regulatory Reform, Executive Order 13563 (January 18, 2011).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26903 RIN 0938-AR13 CMS-1352-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective Date: These regulations are effective on January 1, 2013. Applicability Date: The regulations setting forth the reductions in Medicare bad debt pursuant to section 3201 of the Middle Class Tax Extension and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-96) are applicable for cost reporting periods beginning October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 413 and 417 This final rule updates and makes revisions to the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2013. This rule also sets forth requirements for the ESRD quality incentive program (QIP), including for payment year (PY) 2015 and beyond. In addition, this rule implements changes to bad debt reimbursement for all Medicare providers, suppliers, and other entities eligible to receive Medicare payment for bad debt and removes the cap on bad debt reimbursement to ESRD facilities. (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26903 RIN 0938-AR13 CMS-1352-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. Effective Date: These regulations are effective on January 1, 2013. Applicability Date: The regulations setting forth the reductions in Medicare bad debt pursuant to section 3201 of the Middle Class Tax Extension and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-96) are applicable for cost reporting periods beginning October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 413 and 417 This final rule updates and makes revisions to the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2013. This rule also sets forth requirements for the ESRD quality incentive program (QIP), including for payment year (PY) 2015 and beyond. In addition, this rule implements changes to bad debt reimbursement for all Medicare providers, suppliers, and other entities eligible to receive Medicare payment for bad debt and removes the cap on bad debt reimbursement to ESRD facilities. (See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this final rule.)
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26904 RIN 0938-AR18 CMS-1358-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. This rule is effective on January 1, 2013, except for: a. The amendments to 42 CFR 488.2, 488.3, 488.26, and 488.28, and the additions of 42 CFR part 488, subparts I and J, which are effective July 1, 2013 (except that § 488.745, § 488.840 and § 488.845 are effective July 1, 2014). b. The amendments to 42 CFR 489.53 and 498.3, which are effective July 1, 2013. 42 CFR Parts 409, 424, 484, 488, 489, and 498 This final rule updates the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, including the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the low-utilization payment amount (LUPA), the non-routine medical supplies (NRS) conversion factor, and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2013. This rule also establishes requirements for the Home Health and Hospice quality reporting programs. This final rule will also establish requirements for unannounced, standard and extended surveys of home health agencies (HHAs) and sets forth alternative sanctions that could be imposed instead of, or in addition to, termination of the HHA's participation in the Medicare program, which could remain in effect up to a maximum of 6 months, until an HHA achieves compliance with the HHA Conditions of Participation (CoPs) or until the HHA's provider agreement is terminated.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26507 RIN CMS-2370-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Part 438, 441, and 447 This final rule implements Medicaid payment for primary care services furnished by certain physicians in calendar years (CYs) 2013 and 2014 at rates not less than the Medicare rates in effect in those CYs or, if greater, the payment rates that would be applicable in those CYs using the CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor. This minimum payment level applies to specified primary care services furnished by a physician with a specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine, and also applies to services rendered by these provider types paid by Medicaid managed care plans contracted by states to provide the primary care services. It also provides for 100 percent federal financial participation (FFP) for any increase in payment above the amounts that would be due for these services under the provisions of the approved Medicaid state plan, as of July 1, 2009. In other words, there will not be any additional cost to states for payments above the amount required by the 2009 rate methodology. In this final rule, we specify which services and types of physicians qualify for the minimum payment level in CYs 2013 and 2014, and the method for calculating the payment amount and any increase for which increased federal funding is due. In addition, this final rule will update the interim regional maximum fees that providers may charge for the administration of pediatric vaccines to federally vaccine-eligible children under the Pediatric Immunization Distribution Program, more commonly known as the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26507 RIN CMS-2370-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Part 438, 441, and 447 This final rule implements Medicaid payment for primary care services furnished by certain physicians in calendar years (CYs) 2013 and 2014 at rates not less than the Medicare rates in effect in those CYs or, if greater, the payment rates that would be applicable in those CYs using the CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor. This minimum payment level applies to specified primary care services furnished by a physician with a specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine, and also applies to services rendered by these provider types paid by Medicaid managed care plans contracted by states to provide the primary care services. It also provides for 100 percent federal financial participation (FFP) for any increase in payment above the amounts that would be due for these services under the provisions of the approved Medicaid state plan, as of July 1, 2009. In other words, there will not be any additional cost to states for payments above the amount required by the 2009 rate methodology. In this final rule, we specify which services and types of physicians qualify for the minimum payment level in CYs 2013 and 2014, and the method for calculating the payment amount and any increase for which increased federal funding is due. In addition, this final rule will update the interim regional maximum fees that providers may charge for the administration of pediatric vaccines to federally vaccine-eligible children under the Pediatric Immunization Distribution Program, more commonly known as the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26507 RIN CMS-2370-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule. The provisions of this final rule are effective on January 1, 2013. 42 CFR Part 438, 441, and 447 This final rule implements Medicaid payment for primary care services furnished by certain physicians in calendar years (CYs) 2013 and 2014 at rates not less than the Medicare rates in effect in those CYs or, if greater, the payment rates that would be applicable in those CYs using the CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule conversion factor. This minimum payment level applies to specified primary care services furnished by a physician with a specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine, and also applies to services rendered by these provider types paid by Medicaid managed care plans contracted by states to provide the primary care services. It also provides for 100 percent federal financial participation (FFP) for any increase in payment above the amounts that would be due for these services under the provisions of the approved Medicaid state plan, as of July 1, 2009. In other words, there will not be any additional cost to states for payments above the amount required by the 2009 rate methodology. In this final rule, we specify which services and types of physicians qualify for the minimum payment level in CYs 2013 and 2014, and the method for calculating the payment amount and any increase for which increased federal funding is due. In addition, this final rule will update the interim regional maximum fees that providers may charge for the administration of pediatric vaccines to federally vaccine-eligible children under the Pediatric Immunization Distribution Program, more commonly known as the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26505 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 26, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26505 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 26, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26505 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 26, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26505 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 26, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25975 RIN -0938-AQ84 CMS-0044-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: This document is effective on November 12, 2012, except that the correction to instruction 8.NN (77 FR 54149) is effective October 23, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 495 This document corrects technical errors and typographical errors in the final rule entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program—Stage 2” which appeared in the September 4, 2012 issue of the Federal Register .
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25975 RIN -0938-AQ84 CMS-0044-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: This document is effective on November 12, 2012, except that the correction to instruction 8.NN (77 FR 54149) is effective October 23, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 495 This document corrects technical errors and typographical errors in the final rule entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program—Stage 2” which appeared in the September 4, 2012 issue of the Federal Register .
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25975 RIN -0938-AQ84 CMS-0044-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: This document is effective on November 12, 2012, except that the correction to instruction 8.NN (77 FR 54149) is effective October 23, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 495 This document corrects technical errors and typographical errors in the final rule entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program—Stage 2” which appeared in the September 4, 2012 issue of the Federal Register .
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25464 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-F2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correcting amendment. Effective Date: This correcting amendment is effective October 12, 2012. Applicability Date: The provisions of this correcting amendment are applicable October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412 This document corrects technical errors in the regulations text of the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers” (hereinafter referred to as the FY 2013 IPPS/LTCH PPS final rule).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25377 RIN Docket No. CDC-2012-0010 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Request for information and comment. Electronic or written comments should be received on or before December 17, 2012. 42 CFR Part 73 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the opening of a docket to obtain information and comments from the public to questions concerning highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses that contain a hemagglutinin (HA) from the Goose/Guangdong/1/96 lineage, and their potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. This information will be considered in a determination of whether such viruses should be listed as HHS select agents, by revising the HHS Select Agent Regulations (42 CFR Part 73).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25142 RIN 0920-AA49 Docket No. CDC-2012-0007 NIOSH-257 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Final rule; correction. Effective October 12, 2012. 42 CFR Part 88 On September 12, 2012, HHS published a final rule in the Federal Register adding certain types of cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions. The final rule has an effective date of October 12, 2012. Several ICD coding errors were made in Table 1, which identifies each added cancer type by name and ICD-9 and -10 codes. This correction includes the corrected Table 1, in full. No types of cancer are being added or removed from Table 1 by this action.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24389 RIN 0920-AA34 Docket No. CDC-2011-0012 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Final rule. Effective Dates: The amendments to §§ 73.1, 73.3 through 73.6, 73.9, 73.10, 73.13, 73.16, 73.17, and 73.20, of Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations are effective December 4, 2012. The remaining provisions to this final rule are effective April 3, 2013. Applicability Dates: By December 4, 2012, all entities that possess SARS, Chapare, and Lujo viruses must provide notice to CDC regarding their possession of these viruses, and by April 3, 2013, all previously unregistered entities must meet all of the requirements of this part. The Final Rule timelines are based on the timelines that worked effectively for the Federal Select Agent Program Interim Final Rules that were published in December 2002. If the regulated community has concerns about the established timeline, they can contact Federal Select Agent Program for technical assistance. Comment Date: Written comments on the new information collection contained in this final rule should be received by October 15, 2012. 42 CFR Part 73 In accordance with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reviewed the list of biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety and is republishing that list. As a result of our review, we have added Chapare virus, Lujo virus, and SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) to the list of HHS select agents and toxins. We have also removed from the list of HHS and overlap select agents and toxins, or excluded from compliance with part 73, the agents and toxins described in the Executive Summary. Further, in accordance with Executive Order 13546, “Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States,” HHS/CDC has designated those select agents and toxins that present the greatest risk of deliberate misuse with the most significant potential for mass casualties or devastating effects to the economy, critical infrastructure; or public confidence as “Tier 1” agents; established new security requirements for entities possessing Tier 1 agents, including the requirement to conduct pre-access assessments and on-going monitoring of personnel with access to Tier 1 agents and toxins; and made revisions to the regulations to clarify regulatory language concerning security, training, biosafety, and incident response. In a companion document published in this issue of the Federal Register , the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made parallel regulatory changes.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24307 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24307 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24307 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24307 RIN 0938-AR12 CMS-1588-CN2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Final rule; correction. Effective Date: October 1, 2012. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 424, and 476 This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 31, 2012 Federal Register entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals' Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers.”