Office of the Secretary August 4, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Eighth Amendment to Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19
Document Number: 2021-16681
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-08-04
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary
The Secretary issues this amendment pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service Act to clarify and expand the authority for certain Qualified Persons authorized to prescribe, dispense, and administer covered countermeasures under section VI of this Declaration.
Notice To Reopen the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee Call for Nominations
Document Number: 2021-16571
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-08-04
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
A request for nominations was published by the Department of the Interior in the Federal Register on April 29, 2021, for specific positions on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee (Committee). This Committee advises the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council (Trustee Council) on decisions related to the planning, evaluation, funds allocation, and conduct of injury assessment and restoration activities related to the T/V Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989.
Notice of Teleconference Meeting of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2021-16570
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-08-04
Agency: Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, is announcing that the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council's Public Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet by video teleconference as noted below.
Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Price Transparency of Hospital Standard Charges; Radiation Oncology Model; Request for Information on Rural Emergency Hospitals
Document Number: 2021-15496
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2021-08-04
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary
This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for Calendar Year (CY) 2022 based on our continuing experience with these systems. In this proposed rule, we describe the proposed changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment system. Also, this proposed rule would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program and the ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program, update Hospital Price Transparency requirements, and update and refine the design of the Radiation Oncology Model. Finally, this proposed rule includes a Request for Information (RFI) focusing on the health and safety standards, quality measures and reporting requirements, and payment policies for Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), a new Medicare provider type. The RFI will be used to inform future rulemaking for REHs.
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