0938-AT83 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 Accrediting Organizations--Changes to Change of Ownership (CMS-3368-F)

This rule finalizes a requirement and specified process to address Change of Ownership as it relates to selling and purchasing of Accrediting Organizations.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions No No Other 42 CFR 488 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Statutory Final 05/02/2022 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 05/02/2019 84 FR 18748 NPRM Comment Period End 07/01/2019 Final Action 05/00/2022 Undetermined None No No No Jessica Wright Health Insurance Specialist 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-3838 jessica.wright@cms.hhs.gov Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, MS: C2-21-16, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244