AHRQ: Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality Federal Register

Nov 5, 2019 - The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality will hold an open meeting on November 21, 2019. Agenda items include an update on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) budget, programs, and initiatives, as well as a discussion of challenges and opportunities to leverage AHRQ's Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Connect project to improve care, and a discussion focusing on social determinants of health and related opportunities to improve care.

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CMS: Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2020 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers; Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Correction Federal Register

Oct 8, 2019 - Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services correcting technical and typographical errors found in the August 16, 2019 final rule with the same title. Corrections apply to discharges that occur on or after October 1, 2019.

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CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction; Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Dialysis Facilities; Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care Federal Register

Sep 30, 2019 - Notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid that removes unnecessary and burdensome regulations, reduces requirements that impede or divert resources away from providing high quality care, and updates fire safety standards for End-State Renal Disease (ESRD) facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Also updates the requirements that hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Includes implementation dates for CAHs related to Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Programs (QAPI) and for hospitals and CAHs related to antibiotic stewardship programs. The final rule will be effective on November 29, 2019.

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