Department of Health and Human Services November 7, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This final rule will set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates; the payment rate for the disposable negative pressure wound therapy (dNPWT) devices; and the intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) items and services payment rate for CY 2025 in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, it finalizes changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) requirements and provides an update on potential approaches for integrating health equity in the Expanded Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. It also finalizes a new standard for an acceptance-to-service policy in the HH conditions of participation (CoPs). Lastly, it updates provider and supplier enrollment requirements and changes to the long-term care reporting requirements for acute respiratory illnesses.

HRSA proposes modifications to the list of standardized tests and minimum passing scores for foreign health care workers to demonstrate English language proficiency pursuant to section 343 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA).

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces an amendment to the following meeting of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). The meeting is open to the public.