CMS recently sent several major proposed rules to the White House Office of Management and Budget for regulatory clearance – the last step before publication in the Federal Register. OMB is reviewing proposed rules to update the skilled nursing facility, inpatient rehabilitation facility, and inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment systems (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2016, and the FY 2016 acute inpatient PPS proposed rule also should be joining them in the near future. Other CMS regulations pending at OMB include proposed rules updating the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program meaningful use requirements for 2015 through 2017 and Medicaid managed care regulations.
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