0938-AT23 201810 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 Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction (CMS-3346-F)

This final rule reforms Medicare and Medicaid regulations that are unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on healthcare providers and suppliers. This rule increases 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 furnishing high quality patient care.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Deregulatory 42 CFR 403 42 CFR 405 42 CFR 416 42 CFR 418 ... 42 U.S.C. 263a 42 U.S.C. 273 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7 ... Statutory Final 09/29/2021 MMA section 902. MMA section 902 requires Medicare final rules publish within three-years of a proposed or interim final rule. Rule may publish before the three-year deadline. No NPRM 09/20/2018 83 FR 47686 NPRM Comment Period End 11/19/2018 Final Action 09/00/2021 No None No No No Kristin Shifflett Health Insurance Specialist 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-4133 kristin.shifflett@cms.hhs.gov Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, MS: S3-02-01, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244