Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
This proposed rule would reform Medicare and Medicaid regulations deemed obsolete or excessively burdensome on healthcare providers and suppliers, with the objective of reducing costs, enhancing flexibility in delivering innovative care, and streamlining existing regulations. This reform seeks to enable healthcare professionals to devote more resources to improving patient care by eliminating or minimizing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from furnishing high quality patient care.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42 CFR Parts 403, 416, 418, 438, 442, 460, 482, 483, 485, and 494 [CMS-3484-P] RIN 0938-AW04 ( printed page 72634) AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: This proposed rule would reform Medicare and Medicaid regulations deemed obsolete or excessively burdensome on healthcare providers and suppliers, with the objective of reducing costs, enhancing flexibility in delivering innovative care, and streamlining existing regulations. This reform seeks to enable healthcare professionals to devote more resources to improving patient care by eliminating or minimizing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert resources away from furnishing high quality patient care. DATES: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, by January 11, 2027. ADDRESSES: In commenting, please refer to file code CMS-3484-P. Comments, including mass comment submissions, must be submitted in one of the following three ways (please choose only one of the ways listed): 1. Electronically. You may submit electronic comments on this regulation to https://www.regulations.gov/​docket/​CMS-2026-3631 . Follow the “Submit a comment” instructions. 2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare &a…
Citation: 91 FR 72634
