Today from Our Government:
Executive Order on Small Business:
Making It Easier for America’s Small Businesses and America’s Exporters to Access Government Services to Help Them Grow and Hire
Medicare Final Rule: Medicare Program; Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations:
This final rule implements section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act which contains provisions relating to Medicare payments to providers of services and suppliers participating in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Under these provisions, providers of services and suppliers cancontinue to receive traditional Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payments under Parts A and B, and be eligible for additional payments if they meet specified quality and savings requirements.
DATES:These regulations are effective on January 3, 2012
Medicare: Interim Final Rule with comment period.
SUMMARY:
This interim final rule with comment period establishes waivers of the application of the Physician Self-Referral Law, the Federal anti-kickback statute , and certain civil monetary penalties (CMP) law provisions to specified arrangements involving accountable care organizations (ACOs) under section 1899 of the Social Security Act (the Act) (the Shared Savings Program), including ACOs participating in the Advance Payment Initiative. Section 1899(f) of the Act, as added by the Affordable Care Act,authorizes the Secretary to waive certain fraud and abuse laws as necessary tocarry out the provisions of section 1899 of the Act.
DATES: Effective date: These regulations are effective on November 2, 2011. Comment date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on January 3, 2012
SEC Final Rule: Technical Amendment to Delegation of Authority to the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets
SUMMARY:
The Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is making a technical amendment to the rule that delegates authority to the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets to grant exemptions upon specified terms,conditions, and periods to persons subject to Rule 17f–2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934(‘‘Exchange Act’’).
DATES: Effective Date: November 2,2011.
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of September 20 and 21, 2011
HUD Announcement of Funding Awards for the Self-Help Home ownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) for Fiscal Year 2011
ACTION: Announcement of funding awards.
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