Regulatory Information Center Updates: Jan 14, 2025


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CMS Center/Transmittals

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January 2025 Update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center [ASC] Payment System

R13044CP

Editing for Duplicate Processing for Practitioner Professional Services and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Professional Services R13041OTN
Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) Changes to Automate the Application of Condition Code ZC for Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell and Other Immunotherapy Cases Involving a Clinical Trial of a Different Product R13043OTN
Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule – Medicare Travel Allowance Fees for Collection of Specimens and New Updates for 2025 R13037CP
April 2025 Quarterly Update to Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Enforcement R13038CP
Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Home Infusion Therapy (HIT) Payment Rates and Instructions for Retrieving the January 2025 Home Infusion Therapy (HIT) Services Payment Rates Through the CMS Mainframe Telecommunications System. R13045CP
The Recovery and Adjustment of Medicare Claims where the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) also Made Payment Using the Medicare Duplicate Payment (DP) Process R13046MSP
Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments - 2nd Quarter Notification for FY 2025 R13047FM
Federal Register/Notice Document #
Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From The Joint Commission for Continued Approval of its Hospice Accreditation Program 2025-00448
Medicare Program; Request for Nominations for Members for the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee 2025-00391
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 2025-00589
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request 2025-00593
Federal Register/Rule Document #
Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities; Correcting Amendment 2025-00081