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Medicare Program; Payment Amount if Customary Charges are Less Than Reasonable Costs: Technical Amendments

Federal Register · Rule · Feb 22, 2000

ACTION: Final rule with comment period. … We are providing a 60-day comment period for public comment.

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation; Provider Agreements and Supplier Approval; Extension of Comment Period

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Feb 17, 1998

Therefore, we are extending the comment period for these provisions for only two weeks. The comment period for Secs. 482.110(c) and 482.120(a)(8) is extended until March 3, 1998. … Authority: Secs. 1102 and 1871 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh).

Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Federal Register · Notice · Oct 16, 1998

HCFA is requesting OMB review and approval of this collection within eleven working days, with a 180-day approval period. … During this 180-day period, we will publish a separate Federal Register notice announcing the initiation of an extensive 60-day agency review and public comment period on these requirements.

Medicare Program; Appeals of Carrier Determinations That a Supplier Fails to Meet the Requirements for Medicare Billing Privileges

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Oct 25, 1999

for prior notice and comment. … (See section 1879(h)(3) of the Act).

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Surety Bond and Capitalization Requirements for Home Health Agencies

Federal Register · Rule · Jan 5, 1998

Provisions of the Final Rule With Comment Period A. … Although we have waived the 30-day interim period, we invite written comments on this final rule with comment period.

Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Payment Exception Requests and Organ Procurement Costs

Federal Register · Rule · Aug 15, 1997

the exception period closes. … Comment: One commenter objected to our proposed requirement that every training session for a particular modality be provided during the shorter, but more condensed, training period.

Medicare Program; Revision to Accrual Basis of Accounting Policy

Federal Register · Rule · Sep 27, 1999

furnished by skilled nursing facilities for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 1998 (section 1888(e) of the Act). … Comments on the Proposed Rule We received one letter of comment that favored the proposed rule.

Medicare Program; Coverage of, and Payment for, Paramedic Intercept Ambulance Services

Federal Register · Rule · Mar 15, 2000

SUMMARY: This final rule responds to public comments received on a final rule with comment period published on January 25, 1999 that implemented section 4531(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 concerning … The Final Rule with Comment Period On January 25, 1999, we published a final rule with comment period in the Federal Register (64 FR 3637), which, in part, revised 42 CFR 410.40 to implement section

Medicare Program; Incentive Programs-Fraud and Abuse

Federal Register · Rule · Jun 8, 1998

ACTION: Final rule with comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This final rule with comment period establishes a program for payment to individuals … Therefore, we find good cause to waive the notice of proposed rulemaking and to issue this final rule with comment period. We are providing a 60-day comment period for public comment.

Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2000

Federal Register · Rule · Nov 2, 1999

Section 4505(d)(3) also required that a proposed rule be published by May 1, 1998, with a 90-day comment period. … period.

Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Services: Revisions to Criteria to Define New or Innovative Medical Devices, Drugs, and Biologicals Eligible for Pass-Through Payments and Corrections to the Criteria for the Grandfather Provision for Certain Federally Qualified Health Centers

Federal Register · Rule · Aug 3, 2000

ACTION: Interim final rule with comment period. … 60-day period for the public to comment on these provisions.

Medicare and Medicaid Program; Civil Money Penalties, Assessments, Exclusions, and Related Appeals Procedures

Federal Register · Rule · Dec 14, 1998

ACTION: Final rule with comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This rule establishes procedures for imposing civil money penalties, assessments … We also believe it is unnecessary to delay publication of these final rules pending completion of a notice and comment period.

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Recognition of the Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Federal Register · Notice · Dec 24, 1998

period. … request, describing the nature of the request, and providing a period of at least 30 days for the public to comment on the request.

Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Services: Revision of the Provider-Based Location Criteria for Certain PPS-Exempt Facilities

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Aug 3, 2000

In commenting, please refer to file code HCFA-1143-P. … A LTH, as defined under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (the Act), is a hospital with an average length of stay of greater than 25 days.

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) for Approval of Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospitals

Federal Register · Notice · Apr 16, 2001

body making the request, describes the nature of the request, and provides at least a 30-day public comment period. … , describing the nature of the request, and providing at least a 30-day public comment period.

Office of Inspector General; Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Services

Federal Register · Rule · Apr 7, 2000

ACTION: Final rule with comment period. … The proposed rule originally provided for a 60-day comment period. However, the comment period was extended four times, ultimately ending on July 30, 1999.

Medicare, Medicaid and CLIA Programs; Personnel Requirements for Cytotechnologists

Federal Register · Rule · Jan 6, 1994

Although the regulations are final and effective on the date of publication, we are providing a 60-day period for public comment. IV. … This final rule with comment period revises personnel requirements for cytotechnologists by extending the dates by which they must meet the qualification requirements.

Medicare Program; Adjustment in Payment Amounts for New Technology Intraocular Lenses

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Sep 4, 1997

We must provide a 30-day comment period on the IOLs that are the subject of the requests for review. … (d) HCFA publishes the list of requests in a Federal Register notice with comment period, giving the public 30 days to comment on the IOLs for which review was requested.

Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs; Clinical Laboratory RequirementsExtension of Certain Effective Dates for Clinical Laboratory Requirements Under CLIA

Federal Register · Rule · May 12, 1997

ACTION: Final rule with comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This final rule extends certain effective dates for clinical laboratory requirements … period.

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Standard for Potentially HIV Infectious Blood and Blood Products

Federal Register · Rule · Sep 9, 1996

One commenter indicated that four or five attempts over a 3- to 5-day period would be sufficient while another commenter suggested that we require a 12-week timeframe based on their concern that the physician … Section 8008 of the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 (Pub.