CMS: Medicare Program: Changes to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Revisions of Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions of Coverage; Prior Authorization Process and Requirements for Certain Covered Outpatient Department Services; Potential Changes to the Laboratory Date of Service Policy; Changes to Grandfathered Children's Hospitals-Within-Hospitals; Notice of Closure of Two Teaching Hospitals and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots; Correcting Amendment Federal Register

Feb 14, 2020 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is correcting errors found in the November 12, 2019 issue of the Federal Register. The correction is effective February 14, 2020 and is applicable beginning January 1, 2020.

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CMS: Medicare Program: Changes to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Revisions of Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions of Coverage; Prior Authorization Process and Requirements for Certain Covered Outpatient Department Services; Potential Changes to the Laboratory Date of Service Policy; Changes to Grandfathered Children's Hospitals-Within-Hospitals; Notice of Closure of Two Teaching Hospitals and Opportunity to Apply for Available Slots; Correction Federal Register

Jan 3, 2020 - Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of corrections to the November 12, 2019 Federal Register notice with the same title. Includes technical corrections to the final rule which remains in effective on January 1, 2020.

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CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From Accreditation Association of Hospitals/Health Systems-Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (AAHHS-HFAP) for Continued CMS-Approval of Its Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Accreditation Program Federal Register

Dec 26, 2019 - Final notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to announce the decision to approve an application from Accreditation Association of Hospitals/Health Systems — Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program as a national accrediting organization for Critical Access Hospitals that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

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