Medicare Program; FY 2021 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) and Special Requirements for Psychiatric Hospitals for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2020 (FY 2021)

by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on 08/04/2020.

This final rule updates the prospective payment rates, the outlier threshold, and the wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPF), which include psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an Inpatient Prospective Payment System hospital or critical access hospital. In...

Medicare Program; FY 2021 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update

by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on 08/04/2020.

This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2021. This rule also revises the hospice wage index to reflect the current Office of Management and Budget area delineations, with a 5 percent cap on wage index decreases. In addition, this rule responds to comments on the modified election...

21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program

by the Health and Human Services Department on 08/04/2020.

Notice of Public Meeting of the Michigan Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

by the Civil Rights Commission on 08/04/2020.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Michigan Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold a meeting via teleconference on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, for the purpose of discussing...

Notice of Public Meeting of the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee

by the Civil Rights Commission on 08/04/2020.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that a meeting of the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by conference call at 11:30 a.m. (ET) on Tuesday, 18, 2020. The purpose of the...

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on 08/04/2020.

This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ``The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Social and Health Experiences Self-Administered Questionnaire and COVID-19 Changes.'' This...

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity and Required Data Elements for Paternity Establishment Affidavits

by the Children and Families Administration on 08/04/2020.

The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is requesting a 3-year extension of the Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity and Required Data Elements for Paternity Establishment Affidavits (OMB #0970-0171). There are no changes requested to the form.

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Multistate Financial Institution Data Match With Federally Assisted State Transmitted Levy

by the Children and Families Administration on 08/04/2020.

The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is requesting a 3-year extension of the currently approved Multistate Financial Institution Data Match with Federally Assisted State Transmitted Levy (MSFIDM/FAST Levy) (current OMB approval expires 1/31/2021).

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

by the Health and Human Services Department on 08/04/2020.

National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meetings

by the National Institutes of Health on 08/04/2020.

National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meetings

by the National Institutes of Health on 08/04/2020.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting

by the National Institutes of Health on 08/04/2020.

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR); Notice of Closed Meeting

by the National Institutes of Health on 08/04/2020.

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting

by the National Institutes of Health on 08/04/2020.

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for Resident Opportunity & Self Sufficiency (ROSS) Grant Forms, OMB Control Number 2577-0229

by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 08/04/2020.

HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 30 days of public comment.

Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation Projects

by the Indian Affairs Bureau on 08/04/2020.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) owns or has an interest in irrigation projects located on or associated with various Indian reservations throughout the United States. We are required to establish irrigation assessment rates to recover the costs to administer, operate, maintain, and rehabilitate these projects. We are notifying you that we...

Availability of Record of Decision Selecting a Route for the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road Through the Kobuk National Preserve, Alaska; Terms and Conditions Accompanying That Decision, and Final Environmental and Economic Analysis of the Impacts of Proposed Routes Within the Preserve

by the National Park Service on 08/04/2020.

As required by law, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) have jointly agreed upon a route for the issuance of the right-of-way across the Western (Kobuk River) unit of the Gates of the Arctic National Preserve for the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road, based on the Final...

Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments

by the National Archives and Records Administration on 08/04/2020.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). We publish notice in the Federal Register and on regulations.gov for records schedules in which agencies propose to dispose of records they no longer need to conduct agency business....

International Drug Scheduling; Convention on Psychotropic Substances; Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; Isotonitazene; MDMB-4en-PINACA; CUMYL-PEGACLONE; Flubromazolam; Clonazolam; Diclazepam; 3-MeO-PCP; DIPHENIDINE; 2-MEO-DIPHENIDINE; 5-MEO-DALT; and 3-FLUOROPHENMETRAZINE (3-FPM); Request for Comments

by the Food and Drug Administration on 08/04/2020.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is requesting interested persons to submit comments concerning abuse potential, actual abuse, medical usefulness, trafficking, and impact of scheduling changes on availability for medical use of 11 drug substances. These comments will be considered in preparing a response from the United...

Biosimilar User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2021

by the Food and Drug Administration on 08/04/2020.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the rates for biosimilar user fees for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the Biosimilar User Fee Amendments of 2017 (BsUFA II), authorizes FDA to assess and collect user fees for certain activities in connection with biosimilar biological...