2016-27733: Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017; Medicare Advantage Bid Pricing Data Release; Medicare Advantage and Part D Medical Loss Ratio Data Release; Medicare Advantage Provider Network Requirements; Expansion of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements

Summary

This document corrects technical errors in the final rule that was placed on public inspection at the Office of the Federal Register on November 2, 2016 and scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on November 15, 2016. That rule is entitled, "Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017; Medicare Advantage Bid Pricing Data Release; Medicare Advantage and Part D Medical Loss Ratio Data Release; Medicare Advantage Provider Network Requirements; Expansion of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements."

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 10 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 42 CFR 405 Federal Health Insurance for the Aged and Disabled
• 42 CFR 410 Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Benefits
• 42 CFR 411 Exclusions from Medicare and Limitations on Medicare Payment
• 42 CFR 414 Payment for Part B Medical and Other Health Services
• 42 CFR 417 Health Maintenance Organizations, Competitive Medical Plans, and Health Care Prepayment Plans
• 42 CFR 422 Medicare Advantage Program
• 42 CFR 423 Voluntary Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
• 42 CFR 424 Conditions for Medicare Payment
• 42 CFR 425 Medicare Shared Savings Program
• 42 CFR 460 Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)