e-Rulemaking - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

e-Rulemaking - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Opportunity to Provide Feedback

CMS Proposes to Lift Unnecessary Regulations and Ease Burden on Providers

In September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed rule to relieve burden on healthcare providers by removing unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome Medicare compliance requirements for healthcare facilities. Collectively, CMS estimates that these updates could save healthcare providers an estimated $1.12 billion annually. Taking into account policies across rules finalized in 2017 and 2018 as well as this and other proposed rules, savings are estimated at $5.2 billion.

Many of the proposals simplify and streamline Medicare’s conditions of participation, conditions for coverage, and other requirements for participation for facilities, so they can meet health and safety standards more efficiently. This proposal ensures continued protection for patient health and safety.

CMS looks forward to feedback on the proposal and will accept comments until November 19, 2018.

Comments may be submitted electronically through our e-Regulation website https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Regulations-and-Policies/eRulemaking/index.html?redirect=/eRulemaking.

To learn more about the proposed rule, please visit the Federal Register: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-19599.pdf