2016-31774: Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Procurement Organization Reporting and Communication; Transplant Outcome Measures and Documentation Requirements; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs; Payment to Nonexcepted Off-Campus Provider-Based Department of a Hospital; Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program; Establishment of Payment Rates Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Nonexcepted Items and Services Furnished by an Off-Campus Provider-Based Department of a Hospital; Correction and Extension of Comment Period
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This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the final rule with comment period and interim final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on November 14, 2016, entitled "Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Procurement Organization Reporting and Communication; Transplant Outcome Measures and Documentation Requirements; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs; Payment to Nonexcepted Off-Campus Provider-Based Department of a Hospital; Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program; Establishment of Payment Rates under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Nonexcepted Items and Services Furnished by an Off-Campus Provider-Based Department of a Hospital." This document extends the comment period to January 3, 2017 for both the final rule with comment period and the interim final rule with comment period.
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What this changes
Amends 7 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 42 CFR 414 Payment for Part B Medical and Other Health Services
- 42 CFR 416 Ambulatory Surgical Services
- 42 CFR 419 Prospective Payment Systems for Hospital Outpatient Department Services
- 42 CFR 482 Conditions of Participation for Hospitals
- 42 CFR 486 Conditions for Coverage of Specialized Services Furnished by Suppliers
- 42 CFR 488 Survey, Certification, and Enforcement Procedures
- 42 CFR 495 Standards for the Electronic Health Record Technology Incentive Program
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