Documents

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Approved Information Collection Requirements

Federal Register · Uncategorized Document · Aug 2, 1994

ACTION: Final rule with comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This final rule updates our display of approved control numbers for the collection … In addition, section 1871 of the Social Security Act (the Act) generally requires a 60-day public comment period.

Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 1998 Rates

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jun 2, 1997

May 1 * Proposed rule published with 60-day comment period and 45-day withdrawal deadline for geographic reclassification. … or exceeded the lower of the national or the appropriate regional standard as published in the September 1, 1995 final rule with comment period.

Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 1996

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jul 26, 1995

We published a final rule with comment period in the Federal Register on March 2, 1983 (48 FR 8902), which implemented the provisions of section 1887 of the Act. … Commenters should describe the number, time, and type of physician visits from the day after the procedure until the end of the global period.

Medicaid Program; Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities Providing Inpatient Psychiatric Services to Individuals Under Age 21

Federal Register · Rule · May 22, 2001

SUMMARY: On January 22, 2001, we published an interim final rule with comment period (66 FR 7148) that established a definition of a “psychiatric residential treatment facility” that is not a hospital … Comments will be considered in evaluating these information collection requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

CLIA Program; Simplifying CLIA Regulations Relating to Accreditation, Exemption of Laboratories Under a State Licensure Program, Proficiency Testing, and Inspection

Federal Register · Rule · May 14, 1998

. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This final rule responds to selected comments received on a final rule with a comment period implementing the Clinical … Therefore, we are not preparing analyses for either the RFA or section 1102(b) of the Act. D.

Medicare Program; Establishment of the Medicare+Choice Program; Correction

Federal Register · Rule · Oct 6, 2000

ACTION: Final rule with comment period; Correction. … SUMMARY: On June 29, 2000, we published in the Federal Register , at 65 FR 40170, a final rule with comment period that responded to comments on the June 26, 1998 interim final rule that implemented

Medicare Program; Providers and Suppliers of Specialized Services: Technical Amendments

Federal Register · Rule · Jan 9, 1995

ACTION: Final rule with comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This rule reorganizes Medicare regulations that pertain to providers and suppliers … Comment date: We will consider comments received by March 10, 1995.

Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 1998 Rates; Corrections

Federal Register · Rule · Oct 6, 1997

resulting from the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. … SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The August 29, 1997, final rule with comment period contained technical errors relating to codified regulations text.

Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities-Update

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · May 10, 2001

Section 1888(e)(7) of the Act requires the SNF PPS to encompass these services no earlier than cost reporting periods beginning on July 1, 1999, and no later than the end of the SNF PPS transition period … This provision is effective with cost reporting periods beginning on or after December 21, 2000, the date of the enactment of this Act.

State Child Health; State Children's Health Insurance Program Allotments and Payments to States

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Mar 4, 1999

a presumptive eligibility period under section 1920A of the Act … a presumptive eligibility period under section 1920A of the Act

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of New System

Federal Register · Notice · Aug 18, 2000

Although the Privacy Act requires only that HCFA provide an opportunity for interested persons to comment on the proposed routine uses, HCFA invites comments on all portions of this notice. … See Effective Dates section for comment period.

Medicaid Program; External Quality Review of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Dec 1, 1999

In the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (OBRA '86), the Congress called for a new approach that complemented an HMO's internal quality assurance program and the periodic medical audits conducted … Our September proposal eliminates the periodic Medical Audit requirement. We intend this new EQR requirement to replace the requirement on PHPs for periodic medical audits.

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

Federal Register · Notice · Sep 17, 1998

With the creation of the Medicare+Choice program, as required by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. … HCFA is requesting OMB review and approval of this collection within eleven working days, with a 180-day approval period.

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

Federal Register · Notice · Jun 18, 1998

States will use this form to report prior period expenditures for children who are determined presumptively eligible under section 1920A of the Act. … States will use this form to report prior period expenditures described under section 1905(u)(2) and (3) of the Act.

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

Federal Register · Notice · Nov 5, 1998

We are requesting OMB review and approval of this collection within 11 working days, with a 180-day approval period. … During this 180-day period HCFA will pursue OMB clearance of this collection as stipulated by 5 C.F.R. section 1320.5.

Coverage for Breast Reconstruction and Related Services After a Mastectomy

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · May 28, 1999

Comments received timely will also be available for public inspection approximately 3 weeks after the end of the comment period, in Room 443-G of the Department of Health and Human Services offices at … Similarly, questions have been raised about whether there is a specific time period following a mastectomy after which WHCRA requirements no longer apply. Additional comments are welcome.

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

Federal Register · Notice · Apr 22, 1997

HCFA is requesting that after the 30-day comment period has concluded, OMB complete its review within 7-days and provide a 180-day approval. … During this 180-day period HCFA will publish a separate Federal Register notice announcing the initiation of a 60-day agency review and public comment period on these requirements.

Medicare Program; Authority Citations: Technical Amendments

Federal Register · Rule · Sep 29, 1995

Comment date: We will consider comments received by: November 28, 1995. … (d) Section 1861 describes the services covered under Medicare Part A, and benefit periods.

Medicare Program; Payment for Clinical Psychology Training Programs

Federal Register · Proposed Rule · Jan 12, 2001

Information Collection Requirements Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are required to provide 60-day notice in the Federal Register and solicit public comment before a collection of … In order to fairly evaluate whether an information collection should be approved by OMB, section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires that we solicit comment on the following issues

CLIA Program; Fee Schedule Revision

Federal Register · Notice · Aug 29, 1997

ACTION: General Notice with comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice updates the certificate fees for laboratories established under … The regulations themselves provide for periodic updating (Sec. 493.638(b)).