Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Clarification of the Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for Patients' Rights
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2002-10-02 · 67 FR 61805
Document
Document number
02-24857
Federal Register citation
67 FR 61805
CFR reference
42 CFR 482
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule; clarification of regulatory flexibility analysis.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2002-10-02
HHS docket
CMS-3018-N
Abstract
On July 2, 1999, we published an interim final rule with comment period introducing a new Patients' Rights Condition of Participation (CoP) that hospitals must meet to be approved for, or to continue participation in, the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Several aspects of that interim final rule with comment period were challenged, including its regulatory flexibility analysis (RFA). As a result of this action, a Federal court, without enjoining continued enforcement of the rule, ordered the Secretary of the Department Health and Human Services (DHHS) to complete a compliant RFA to accompany the interim final rule with comment period. This document addresses the court's order.