Director, Division of Acute Care

0938-AU44 202104 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals; the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System; and FY 2022 Rates (CMS-1752)

This annual final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems for operating and capital-related costs. This rule implements changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In addition, the rule establishes new requirements or revises existing requirements for quality reporting by specific Medicare providers.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Section 610 Review 42 CFR 412 42 CFR 413 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1395hh Statutory NPRM 04/01/2021 By statute, proposed rule must publish by April 1 annually. Statutory Final 10/01/2021 By statute, rule must be effective by October 1 annually. No NPRM 05/10/2021 86 FR 25070 NPRM Comment Period End 06/28/2021 Final Action 10/00/2021 Yes Businesses Federal No Yes No Donald Thompson Director, Division of Acute Care 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-6504 donald.thompson@cms.hhs.gov C4-10-26, Center for Medicare, MS: C4-01-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244