2018-19599: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulatory Provisions To Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction

Summary

This proposed rule would reform Medicare regulations that are identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers. This proposed rule would increase the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from furnishing high quality patient care.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 13 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 42 CFR 403 Special Programs and Projects
• 42 CFR 416 Ambulatory Surgical Services
• 42 CFR 418 Hospice Care
• 42 CFR 441 Services: Requirements and Limits Applicable to Specific Services
• 42 CFR 460 Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
• 42 CFR 482 Conditions of Participation for Hospitals
• 42 CFR 483 Requirements for States and Long Term Care Facilities
• 42 CFR 484 Home Health Services
• 42 CFR 485 Conditions of Participation: Specialized Providers
• 42 CFR 486 Conditions for Coverage of Specialized Services Furnished by Suppliers
• 42 CFR 488 Survey, Certification, and Enforcement Procedures
• 42 CFR 491 Certification of Certain Health Facilities
• 42 CFR 494 Conditions for Coverage for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities