United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2007_register executive 2010-09-22 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c80a4426 D09002ee1c80a4534 United States Department of Health and Human Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This final rule will establish a system of revisit user fees applicable to health care facilities that have been cited for deficiencies during initial certification, recertification, or substantiated complaint surveys and require a revisit to confirm that corrections to previously-identified deficiencies have been remedied. Consistent with the President's long-term goal to promote quality of health care and to cut the deficit in half by fiscal year (FY) 2009, the FY 2007 Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) budget request included both new mandatory savings proposals and a requirement that user fees be applied to health care providers that have failed to comply with Federal quality of care requirements. The "Revisit User Fees" will affect only those providers or suppliers for which a revisit is required to confirm that previously-identified failures to meet federal quality of care requirements have been remedied. The fees are estimated at $37.3 million annually and will recover the costs associated with the Medicare Survey and Certification program's revisit surveys. The fees will take effect on the date of publication of the final rule and will be in effect until the date that the continued authority provided by Congress expires. At the time of publication of this regulation the applicable date is September 30, 2007. If no legislation is enacted, the fees are not retroactive to the beginning of the fiscal year. Any provider or supplier that has a revisit survey conducted on or after the date of publication will be assessed a revisit user fee and will be notified of the assessment upon data system reconciliation which can occur following the closing of the fiscal year. The fees will be available to CMS until expended. The revisit user fee is included in the President's proposed FY 2008 budget. We note through the publication of this final rule that if authority for the revisit user fee is continued, we will use the current fee schedule in this rule for the assessment of such fees until such time as a new fee schedule notice is proposed and published in final form. 72 FR 53628 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-09-19/E7-18458 E7-18458 fr19se07-18 RIN 0938-AO96 4120-01-P CMS-2268-F https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-09-19/E7-18458 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-09-19/html/E7-18458.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-09-19/pdf/E7-18458.pdf Emergency Medical Services Health Facilities Health Professions Medicare Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Administrative Practice and Procedure 22 p. 53628 53649 72 FR 53628 Title 42 Part 424 42 CFR Part 424 Title 42 Part 488 42 CFR Part 488 Title 42 Part 489 42 CFR Part 489 RIN 0938-AO96 Establishment of Revisit User Fee Program for Medicare Survey and Certification Activities; Federal Register Vol. 72, Issue RULE E7-18458 II DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2007-09-19 CMS-2268-F 4120-01-P E7-18458 Final rule.

This final rule will establish a system of revisit user fees applicable to health care facilities that have been cited for deficiencies during initial certification, recertification, or substantiated complaint surveys and require a revisit to confirm that corrections to previously-identified deficiencies have been remedied. Consistent with the President's long-term goal to promote quality of health care and to cut the deficit in half by fiscal year (FY) 2009, the FY 2007 Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) budget request included both new mandatory savings proposals and a requirement that user fees be applied to health care providers that have failed to comply with Federal quality of care requirements. The "Revisit User Fees" will affect only those providers or suppliers for which a revisit is required to confirm that previously-identified failures to meet federal quality of care requirements have been remedied. The fees are estimated at $37.3 million annually and will recover the costs associated with the Medicare Survey and Certification program's revisit surveys. The fees will take effect on the date of publication of the final rule and will be in effect until the date that the continued authority provided by Congress expires. At the time of publication of this regulation the applicable date is September 30, 2007. If no legislation is enacted, the fees are not retroactive to the beginning of the fiscal year. Any provider or supplier that has a revisit survey conducted on or after the date of publication will be assessed a revisit user fee and will be notified of the assessment upon data system reconciliation which can occur following the closing of the fiscal year. The fees will be available to CMS until expended. The revisit user fee is included in the President's proposed FY 2008 budget. We note through the publication of this final rule that if authority for the revisit user fee is continued, we will use the current fee schedule in this rule for the assessment of such fees until such time as a new fee schedule notice is proposed and published in final form.

Effective Date: These regulations are effective on September 19, 2007. Carla McGregor, (410) 786-0663 Emergency Medical Services Health Facilities Health Professions Medicare Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Administrative Practice and Procedure Medicare: Revisit User Fee Program; medicare survey and certification activities, http://www.bls.gov/ro3/fax_9125.htm http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/som107c03.pdf http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/som107c05.pdf http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/som107c07.pdf http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationEnforcement/01_Overview.asp Vol. 72, no. 181 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2007-09-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 272 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-09-19 P0b002ee180957449 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19se07 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-09-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-09-19/pdf/FR-2007-09-19.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-09-19/xml/FR-2007-09-19.xml fdlp 53411 53672 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-05 FR-2007-09-19 machine generated eng FR FR-2007-09-19 72 181