Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Remedy for the 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy for Calendar Years 2018-2022; Extension of Comment Period

• Citation: 88 FR 60610
• Published date: 05 September 2023
• Record Number: 2023-19070
• Court: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services

Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Pages 60610-60611]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2023-19070]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
                42 CFR Part 419
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                RIN 0938-AV18
                Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System:
                Remedy for the 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy for Calendar Years
                2018-2022; Extension of Comment Period
                AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of
                Health and Human Services (HHS).
                ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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                SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period for the proposed rule
                titled ``Medicare Program; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment
                System: Remedy for the 340B-Acquired Drug Payment Policy for Calendar
                Years 2018-2022'' that was published in the July 11, 2023 Federal
                Register. The comment period for the proposed rule, which would
                otherwise end on September 5, 2023, is extended until September 11,
                2023.
                DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published at 88 FR
                44078 on July 11, 2023, is extended to 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time,
                on September 11, 2023.
                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as outlined in the July 11, 2023,
                proposed rule (88 FR 44078). Please choose only one method listed.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cory Duke, (410) 786-0631 or
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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                including any personally identifiable or confidential business
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                view public comments. CMS will not post on Regulations.gov public
                comments that make threats to individuals or institutions or suggest
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                continues to encourage individuals not to submit duplicative comments.
                We will post acceptable comments from multiple unique commenters even
                if the content is identical or nearly identical to other comments.
                 In the July 11, 2023 Federal Register (88 FR 44078), we published a
                proposed rule titled ``Medicare Program; Hospital Outpatient
                Prospective Payment System: Remedy for the 340B-Acquired Drug Payment
                Policy for Calendar Years 2018-2022.'' The proposed rule announced a
                comment period ending on September 11, 2023.
                 Subsequently, a correction was published in the July 14, 2023
                Federal Register (88 FR 45126), which changed the comment period end
                date from ``September 11, 2023'' to ``September 5, 2023''. This change
                was made because September 5, 2023, was the correct comment period end
                date based on the comment period ending 60 days after the initial
                display date (July 7, 2023) of the proposed rule.
                 However, we subsequently became aware of public confusion over the
                end date of the comment period. In order to eliminate this confusion
                and maximize the opportunity for the public to provide meaningful input
                to CMS, we believe it is important to allow additional time for the
                public to prepare comments on the July 2023 proposed rule. Therefore,
                we are extending the comment period for the proposed rule by 6 days.
                This document announces the extension of the public comment period for
                the proposed rule, which will now end at 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time,
                on September 11, 2023.
                 The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
                (CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having reviewed and approved this
                document, authorizes Vanessa Garcia, who is the Federal Register
                Liaison, to electronically sign this document for
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                purposes of publication in the Federal Register.
                 Dated: August 30, 2023.
                Vanessa Garcia,
                Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
                [FR Doc. 2023-19070 Filed 8-31-23; 4:15 pm]
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