Medicare Program; Calendar Year 2021 Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Payment Advisory for Clinicians-Request for Current Billing Information for Qualifying APM Participants
| Citation | 86 FR 38569 |
| Record Number | 2021-15652 |
| Published date | 22 July 2021 |
| Section | Rules and Regulations |
| Court | Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services |
38569
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 138 / Thursday, July 22, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
human health or environmental effects
on minority or low-income populations
because it does not affect the level of
protection provided to human health or
the environment. EPA has assessed the
overall protectiveness of expanding the
Port Everglades ODMDS against the
criteria established pursuant to the
MPRSA to ensure that any adverse
impact to the environment will be
mitigated to the greatest extent
practicable.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 228
Environmental protection, Water
pollution control.
Authority: This action is issued under the
authority of Section 102 of the Marine
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, as
amended, 33 U.S.C. 1412 and 1418.
Dated: July 13, 2021.
John Blevins,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region
4.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, EPA amends chapter I, title
40 of the Code of Federal Regulations as
follows:
PART 228—CRITERIA FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF DISPOSAL SITES
FOR OCEAN DUMPING
■1. The authority citation for part 228
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1412 and 1418.
■2. Section 228.15 is amended by
revising paragraphs (h)(22)(i) through
(iii) and (vi) to read as follows:
§ 228.15 Dumping sites designated on a
final basis.
* * * * *
(h) * * *
(22) * * *
(i) Location: Corner Coordinates (NAD
1983) 26°06.500′, 80°01.000′; 26°06.500′,
80°02.578′; 26°08.750′, 80°02.578′;
26°08.750′, 80°01.000′.
(ii) Size: Approximately 3.2 square
nautical miles in size.
(iii) Depth: Ranges from
approximately 587 to 761 feet (179 to
232 meters).
* * * * *
(vi) Restrictions:
(A) Disposal shall be limited to
dredged material from the Port
Everglades, Florida, area;
(B) Disposal shall be limited to
dredged material determined to be
suitable for ocean disposal according to
40 CFR parts 227 and 228; and
(C) Transportation and disposal shall
comply with conditions and monitoring
requirements set forth in the most recent
approved Site Management and
Monitoring Plan and conditions and
monitoring requirements incorporated
into the permit or Federal project
authorization.
* * * * *
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
42 CFR Part 414
[CMS–5534–N]
Medicare Program; Calendar Year 2021
Alternative Payment Model (APM)
Incentive Payment Advisory for
Clinicians—Request for Current Billing
Information for Qualifying APM
Participants
AGENCY
: Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), Health and
Human Services (HHS).
ACTION
: Payment advisory.
SUMMARY
: This advisory is to alert
certain clinicians who are Qualifying
APM participants (QPs) and eligible to
receive an Alternative Payment Model
(APM) Incentive Payment that CMS
does not have the current billing
information needed to disburse the
payment. This advisory provides
information to these clinicians on how
to update their billing information to
receive this payment.
DATES
: Updated billing information
must be received no later than
November 1, 2021 (see
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
for details).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Tanya Dorm, (410) 786–2216.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Background
Under the Medicare Quality Payment
Program, an eligible clinician who
participates in an Advanced Alternative
Payment Model (APM) and meets the
applicable payment amount or patient
count thresholds for a performance year
is a Qualifying APM Participant (QP) for
that year. An eligible clinician who is a
QP for a year based on their
performance in a QP Performance
Period earns a 5-percent lump sum APM
Incentive Payment that is paid in a
payment year that occurs 2 years after
the QP Performance Period. The amount
of the APM Incentive Payment is equal
to 5 percent of the estimated aggregate
paid amounts for covered professional
services furnished by the QP during the
calendar year (CY) immediately
preceding the payment year.
II. Provisions of the Advisory
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) has identified those
eligible clinicians who earned an APM
Incentive Payment in CY 2021 based on
their CY 2019 QP status.
When CMS disbursed the CY 2021
APM Incentive Payments, CMS was
unable to verify current Medicare billing
information for some QPs and was
therefore unable to issue payment. In
order to successfully disburse the APM
Incentive Payment, CMS is requesting
assistance in identifying current
Medicare billing information for these
QPs in accordance with 42 CFR
414.1450(c)(8).
CMS has compiled a list of QPs we
have identified as having unverified
billing information. These QPs, and any
others who anticipated receiving an
APM Incentive Payment but have not,
should follow the instructions to
provide CMS with updated billing
information at the following web
address: https://qpp-cm-prod-
content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/
1498/QP%20Notice%
20for%20APM%20Incentiv
e%20Payment.zip.
If you have any questions concerning
submission of information through the
website, please contact the Quality
Payment Program Help Desk at 1–866–
288–8292.
All submissions must be received no
later than November 1, 2021. After that
time, any claims by a QP to an APM
Incentive Payment will be forfeited for
the CY 2021 payment year.
The Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having
reviewed and approved this document,
authorizes Lynette Wilson, who is the
Federal Register Liaison, to
electronically sign this document for
purposes of publication in the Federal
Register.
Dated: July 19, 2021.
Lynette Wilson,
Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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