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RIN: 0938-AU88

Publication ID: Spring 2024

Title: Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AO) and Preventing AO Conflict of Interest, and Related Provisions (CMS-3367)
Abstract: This final rule sets forth a number of provisions to strengthen the oversight of accrediting organizations (AO) by addressing conflicts of interest, establishing consistent standards, processes and definitions, and updating the validation and performance standards systems.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)	Priority: Section 3(f)(1) Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 488 42 CFR 489
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1395hh

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	MMA sec. 902 requires Medicare final rules publish within 3 years of a proposed or interim final rule.	02/15/2027

Overall Description of Deadline: 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.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/15/2024	89 FR 11996
NPRM Comment Period End	04/15/2024
Final Action	02/00/2027

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Cameron Ingram Special Assistant Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, MS: C2-22-13, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244 Phone:202 690-5443 Email: cameron.ingram@cms.hhs.gov