Department of Health and Human Services July 5, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Intent To Award a Sole Source Supplement to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing the award of supplemental funding for the National Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) that was included in the 2016 Congressional budget appropriations. The National Paralysis Resource Center is operated by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which offers important programmatic opportunities for persons with disabilities and older adults. The PRC provides comprehensive information for people living with spinal cord injury, paralysis, and mobility-related disabilities and their families. Resources include information and referral by phone and email in multiple languages including English and Spanish; a peer and family support mentoring program; a military and veterans program; multicultural outreach services; free lending library; quality of life grants; and a national Web site. Program Name: National Paralysis Resource Center. Award Amount: $976,580. Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Notice of Intent To Award a Single Source Non-Competing Supplement to the Residential Information Systems Project, University of Minnesota
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing supplemental funding for the Residential Information Systems Project (RISP) at the University of Minnesota. The RISP project collects and examines national and state by state statistics on all residential services and supports from different sources. Between 2011 and 2016 the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) funded the Family Information Systems Project (FISP) to examine the supports and services provided to families with family members with disabilities residing in the family home. The FISP project has created a user-friendly Web site enabling the data to be easily utilized by the public. The Web site includes the annual reports containing data relating to services provided to families in Fiscal Year 2012, Fiscal Year 2013, Fiscal Year 2014 and Fiscal Year 2015. The Web site also includes the infographics, and chart builder products. With this supplement, data from the FISP will be incorporated into the RISP and the project will be able to continue the collection and examination of the variables related to supports and services provided to families. Specific activities include: Annual state by state data collection, longitudinal analyses of changes in state utilization and expenditures for children vs adults; development and dissemination of one targeted research to practice brief on FISP findings for families and other stakeholders; ongoing FISP technical assistance and webinars and continuation of web-based dissemination of FISP findings though the FISP Web site. In addition, the RISP project will be able to maintain and build upon the established Web site.
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Advisory Committee; Drug Testing Advisory Board; Renewal
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing the renewal of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Drug Testing Advisory Board (DTAB).
World Trade Center Health Program; Addition of New-Onset Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and WTC-Related Acute Traumatic Injury to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions
The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program conducted a review of published, peer-reviewed epidemiologic studies regarding potential evidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute traumatic injury among individuals who were responders to or survivors of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The Administrator of the WTC Health Program (Administrator) found that these studies provide substantial evidence to support a causal association between each of these health conditions and 9/11 exposures. As a result, the Administrator is publishing a final rule to add both new-onset COPD and WTC-related acute traumatic injury to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions eligible for treatment coverage in the WTC Health Program.
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2017 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements
This proposed rule would update the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) payment rates, including the national, standardized 60-day episode payment rates, the national per-visit rates, and the non-routine medical supply (NRS) conversion factor, effective for home health episodes of care ending on or after January 1, 2017. This proposed rule also: Implements the last year of the 4- year phase-in of the rebasing adjustments to the HH PPS payment rates; updates the HH PPS case-mix weights using the most current, complete data available at the time of rulemaking; implements the 2nd-year of a 3-year phase-in of a reduction to the national, standardized 60-day episode payment to account for estimated case-mix growth unrelated to increases in patient acuity (that is, nominal case-mix growth) between CY 2012 and CY 2014; proposes changes to the methodology used to calculate outlier payments (with regards to payments made under the HH PPS for high-cost ``outlier'' episodes of care (that is, episodes of care with unusual variations in the type or amount of medically necessary care)); proposes changes in payment for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) performed using a disposable device for patient's under a home health plan of care; discusses our efforts to monitor the potential impacts of the rebasing adjustments mandated; includes an update on subsequent research and analysis as a result of the findings from the home health study; solicits comments on a potential process for grouping HH PPS claims centrally during claims processing; and proposes changes to the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, which was implemented on January 1, 2016; and proposes updates to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP).
Medicare Program: Changes to the Medicare Claims and Entitlement, Medicare Advantage Organization Determination, and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Determination Appeals Procedures
This proposed rule would revise the procedures that the Department of Health and Human Services would follow at the Administrative Law Judge level for appeals of payment and coverage determinations for items and services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries, enrollees in Medicare Advantage and other Medicare competitive health plans, and enrollees in Medicare prescription drug plans, as well as appeals of Medicare beneficiary enrollment and entitlement determinations, and certain Medicare premium appeals. In addition, this proposed rule would revise procedures that the Department of Health and Human Services would follow at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Medicare Appeals Council (Council) levels of appeal for certain matters affecting the Administrative Law Judge level.
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