0938-AS59 201910 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Revisions to Requirements for Discharge Planning for Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Home Health Agencies (CMS-3317-F)

This final rule revises the discharge planning requirements that Hospitals, including Long-Term Care Hospitals and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Home Health Agencies, and Critical Access Hospitals, must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The rule also implements the discharge planning requirements of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT). It also addresses one provision regarding patient rights in hospitals that was proposed on June 16, 2016 (81 FR 39447). 

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions Yes No Regulatory 42 CFR 482 42 CFR 484 and 485 Pub. L. 113-185 Statutory Final 11/03/2019 Under MMA sec. 902, 3-year deadline extended for 1 additional year. MMA section 902 requires Medicare final rules publish within 3 years of a proposed or interim final rule. A notice may publish in the Federal Register before the 3-year deadline extending the timeline by 1-year. We do not intend to delay publishing the final regulation if we are able to publish it sooner. No NPRM 11/03/2015 80 FR 68126 NPRM Comment Period End 01/04/2016 Continuation Notice 11/02/2018 83 FR 55105 Final Action 09/30/2019 84 FR 51836 Final Action Effective 11/29/2019 No Businesses Federal State No No No Alpha-Banu Wilson Director, Division of Acute Care Providers 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-8687 alphabanu.wilson@cms.hhs.gov Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244