Department of Health and Human Services December 13, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program
Document Number: 2022-26479
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary
This proposed rule would place new requirements on Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) to improve the electronic exchange of healthcare data and streamline processes related to prior authorization, while continuing CMS' drive toward interoperability in the healthcare market. This proposed rule would also add a new measure for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) under the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians under the Promoting Interoperability performance category of MIPS. These policies taken together would play a key role in reducing overall payer and provider burden and improving patient access to health information.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program Reconciliation Tool, OMB No. 0915-0342-Revision
Document Number: 2022-27033
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications; Correction
Document Number: 2022-27032
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health published a Notice in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022. That Notice requires a correction in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment Request
Document Number: 2022-27028
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Quality System Regulation
Document Number: 2022-27023
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; General Drug Labeling Provisions and Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Submissions
Document Number: 2022-27016
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Advisory Committee; Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee; Renewal
Document Number: 2022-27014
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the renewal of the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner). The Commissioner has determined that it is in the public interest to renew the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee for an additional 2 years beyond the charter expiration date. The new charter will be in effect until the August 27, 2024, expiration date.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Dear Healthcare Provider Letters: Improving Communication of Important Safety Information
Document Number: 2022-27012
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco To Protect Children and Adolescents
Document Number: 2022-27011
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Health Information Technology Advisory Committee 2023 Schedule of Meetings
Document Number: 2022-27009
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) was established in accordance with the 21st Century Cures Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The HITAC, among other things, identifies priorities for standards adoption and makes recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (National Coordinator). The HITAC will hold public meetings throughout 2023. See list of public meetings below.
Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (CSTLTS), CDC/ATSDR Tribal Consultation Session
Document Number: 2022-26958
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the 2023 CDC/ATSDR Tribal Consultation. CDC/ATSDR will host a virtual tribal consultation with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Federally Recognized Tribes. The proceedings will be open to the public.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (CSTLTS), CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting
Document Number: 2022-26957
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the Winter 2023 CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting. The meeting is being hosted by CDC/ATSDR, in person and virtually, and is open to the public, except for certain hours set aside for tribal caucus. Pre- registration is required, and instructions are provided below in the dates section.
Submission for OMB Review; Provision of Child Support Services in IV-D Cases Under the Hague Child Support Convention
Document Number: 2022-26953
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting a three-year extension with proposed revisions to the Hague Child Support Forms (OMB #0970- 0488, expiration February 28, 2023). There are two new forms being incorporated.
Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2023 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Costs Incurred for Qualified and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans; and Changes to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation; Correction
Document Number: 2022-26986
Type: Rule
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This document corrects typographical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 10, 2022, Federal Register as well as an additional typographical error in a related correcting amendment that appeared in the November 4, 2022 Federal Register. The final rule was entitled ``Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2023 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Costs Incurred for Qualified and Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plans; and Changes to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation''.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2022-26996
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2022-26992
Type: Notice
Date: 2022-12-13
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
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