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            <NAME>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services</NAME>
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<p>This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that&nbsp;are unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on healthcare providers and suppliers. This rule would increase the ability of healthcare professionals to devote resources to improving patient care by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from&nbsp;furnishing high quality patient care.</p>
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            <CFR>42 CFR 405</CFR>
            <CFR>42 CFR 416</CFR>
            <CFR>42 CFR 418</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 263a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 273</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 1302</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 1320a-7</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
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        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Alpha-Banu</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Wilson</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Director, Division of Acute Care Providers</TITLE>
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                    <NAME>Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services</NAME>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, 7500 Security Boulevard,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Baltimore</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
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