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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AU56 Publication ID: Spring 2021 
Title: ●Modification of Limitations on Redesignation by the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board (CMS-1762) 
Abstract:

This rule amends regulations to allow hospitals with a rural redesignation under section 1886(d)(8)(E) to reclassify under the MGCRB using the rural reclassified area as the geographic area in which the hospital is located. These regulatory changes implement the decision in Bates Cnty. Mem'l Hosp.(Bates) v. Azar , Civil Action No. 19-1767 (TJK) (D.D.C. May. 14, 2020), effective with reclassifications beginning with fiscal year (FY) 2023.

 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 412   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1395hh    42 U.S.C. 1302   
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.  05/10/2024 

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
Interim Final Rule  05/10/2021  86 FR 24735   
Interim Final Rule Effective  05/10/2021 
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  06/28/2021 
Final Action to be Merged With 0938-AU44  05/00/2024 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Donald Thompson
Director, Division of Acute Care
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
C4-10-26, Center for Medicare, MS: C4-01-26, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-6504
Email: donald.thompson@cms.hhs.gov