0938-AT23 201904 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. Additionally, this rule addresses the requirement that hospitals and CAHs must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs that were proposed on June 16, 2016 (81 FR 39447).

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions Yes No Deregulatory 42 CFR 403 42 CFR 416 42 CFR 418 42 CFR 441 ... 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 sec. 902 requires Medicare final rules publish within 3 years of a proposed or interim final rule. Per the CMS notice published December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78442), except for certain Medicare payment regulations and certain other statutorily-mandated regulations, we schedule all Medicare final regulations for publication within the 3-year standardized time limit in the current Unified Agenda. We do not intend to delay publishing a Medicare final regulation for 3 years if we are able to publish it sooner. 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