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Apr 21, 2025 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking comments on the following information collections: 1) Creditable Coverage Disclosure to CMS On-Line Form and Instructions; 2) Essential Community Provider Data Collection to Support QHP Certification; 3) Transparency in Coverage Reporting by Qualified Health Plan Issuers; 4) Notice of Research Exception under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; 5) Student Health Insurance Coverage; and 6) Medicare Participating Physician or Supplier Agreement. Comments are due June 20, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Apr 14, 2025 - Pre-publication notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the FY 2026 prospective payment rates, outlier threshold, and wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF), including psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or Critical Access Hospital. Includes a proposed revision to the payment adjustment factors for teaching status and for IPFs in rural areas. This proposed rule also proposes changes to measures used in the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting (IPFQR) Program and changes to update and codify the Extraordinary Circumstances Exception policy. Among other things, this rule seeks comments regarding potential future revisions to the IPFQR Program. Comments are due by June 10, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Apr 14, 2025 - Pre-publication notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2026. Contains details of proposed changes related to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals; and certain quality programs, among other things. Comments are due by June 10, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Apr 14, 2025 - Pre-publication notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking comments on updates to the prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year 2026. Among other things, this rule proposes classification and weighting factors for the IRF prospective payment system's case-mix groups, continues the second year of the 3-year phase-out of the rural adjustments, and includes proposals for the IRF Quality Reporting Program. Comments are due by June 10, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Apr 14, 2025 - Pre-publication notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that would update the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) payment rates for fiscal year 2026. Among other things, this rule includes proposals to update the requirements for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program. Comments are due by May 28, 2024. Comments are due within 60 days of the publication of this notice, which is scheduled for April 30, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Feb 28, 2025 - Executive Order from the Office of the President directing the Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services to take all necessary and appropriate action to implement and enforce the healthcare price transparency regulations related to Executive Order 13877 within 90 days. Among other things, this Executive Order directs the Secretaries to take actions to require the disclosure of the actual prices of items and services, not estimates; update guidance or proposed regulatory actions to ensure pricing information is standardized and easily comparable across hospitals and health plans; and issue guidance or proposed regulatory actions updating enforcement policies to ensure compliance with the transparent reporting of complete, accurate, and meaningful data.
Source: Federal Register
Feb 25, 2025 -

Announces new funding from the Indian Health Service to 8 tribes and tribal organizations to build, expand, or renovate small ambulatory healthcare facilities.

Source: Indian Health Service