Tag: Transparency

Changes to Emergency Preparedness Requirements

A recent final rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) relating to burden reduction includes welcome changes to emergency preparedness requirements.  The final rule, Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction; Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Dialysis Facilities; Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation,…

CMS Administrator Touts Red Tape Relief Efforts at Public Release of Proposed Regulatory Reforms (Part 2)

Please see Part 1 of this article, which focuses more on hospice issues. On September 17, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed rule, Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulatory Provisions To Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction. As the title suggests, CMS is proposing to modify certain regulatory requirements…