Department of Health and Human Services March 22, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

As required by an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, this action provides notice of the delay of the effective date of certain amendments to the safe harbors to the Federal anti-kickback statute that were promulgated in a final rule (``Fraud And Abuse; Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals And Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain Pharmacy Benefit Manager Service Fees'') published on November 30, 2020. The new effective date for these certain amendments is January 1, 2023.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), oversees the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) review, which is proposing to revise the procedures and standards that guide its work with single- case design (SCD) research. The current Federal Register notice (FRN) seeks comments on proposed changes related to revised procedures and standards for SCD research. Readers are referred to the full version of the HomVEE Version 2 Handbook on the HomVEE website for more details, particularly Appendix D (https://homvee.acf.hhs.gov/publications/ methods-standards). HomVEE will release an updated Handbook (Version 2.1) after consideration of public comments received in response to this FRN.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services announces the next meeting of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) on June 9-10, 2021.