2022-23563: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), Medicaid Fee-For-Service, and Medicaid Managed Care Programs for Years 2020 and 2021; Extension of Timeline To Finalize a Rulemaking

Summary

The Social Security Act (the Act) requires us to publish a Medicare final rule no later than 3 years after the publication date of the proposed rule. This document announces an additional 3 month extension of the timeline for publication of a Medicare final rule in accordance with the Act, which allows us to extend the timeline for publication of the "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), Medicaid Fee-For-Service, and Medicaid Managed Care Programs for Years 2020 and 2021" final rule under exceptional circumstances.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 4 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 42 CFR 422 Medicare Advantage Program
• 42 CFR 423 Voluntary Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
• 42 CFR 438 Managed Care
• 42 CFR 498 Appeals Procedures for Determinations That Affect Participation in the Medicare Program and for Determinations That Affect the Participation of ICFs/IID and Certain NFs in the Medicaid Program