0938-AT36 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 Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction (CMS-3347-F)

This final rule reforms 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 increases 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 Long-Term Actions Yes No Deregulatory Section 610 Review 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 Statutory Final 07/18/2022 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 07/18/2019 84 FR 34737 NPRM Comment Period End 09/16/2019 Final Action 07/00/2022 Yes Businesses Federal State No Yes 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