0938-AT36 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction (CMS-3347-P)

This proposed rule would reform the requirements that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on facilities. This rule would increase the ability of healthcare professionals to devote resources to improving resident care by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality care or that divert resources away from providing high quality care.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes Undetermined Deregulatory 42 CFR 483 42 CFR 488 secs.1819 and 1919 of the Social Security Act sec.1819(d)(4)(B) and 1919(d)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act sec. 1819(b)(1)(A) and 1919 (b)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act Yes NPRM 06/00/2018 Undetermined Federal No No No Ronisha Blackstone Director, Division of Institutional Quality Standards 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-6882 ronisha.blackstone@cms.hhs.gov Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, MS: S3-02-01, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244