The proposed hospice wage index would be effective Oct. 1, 2007, through...

Healthcare Financial Management;  June 1, 2007 ;     59 words ...The proposed hospice wage index would be effective Oct. 1, 2007...any modifications to the hospice wage index methodology, and is using the most...hospital data available. For this proposed rule, the FY07 hospital wage index was the most current hospital wage...for ...

Changes Possible to Area Wage Index

Healthcare Executive;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......more proposals to revise the hospital wage index. This recommendation could have substantive...directly affected by the adjusted hospital wage index. The recommendation's potential effect...overstated. A 10 percent change in the wage index can affect a facility's payment, ranging...

Interpretation and treatment of wage index data vary.(Letter to the...

Healthcare Financial Management;  September 1, 2007 ;     326 words ......2007 hfm article Is Your Organization's Wage Index Accurate ? could not have been better...Services (CMS), we continue to propose that wage index reviews be bid out to one national FI...community with a consistent approach to the wage index process. Historically, providers located...

Hospitals to wage war over index.(wage index used for Medicare...

Modern Healthcare;  February 19, 2001 ;     244 words ......local labor costs. The issue is the ``wage index,'' a factor that decreases payments for...number ranging from 0.7236 to 1.5095, the wage index is multiplied by the Medicare prospective...for those cases. But now the current wage index could become a regional battle on several...

FDA proposed rule--establishment, maintenance and availability of records...

The Food Institute Report;  May 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ......noted last week, FDA has published a proposed rule to implement section 306 (establishment...25,188 (May 9, 2003) Comments on the proposed rule must be submitted to FDA by July 8...regulation below for our members: The proposed rule would require that domestic persons...

NATIONAL SERVICE CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS PROPOSED RULE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 30, 2006 ;     214 words ......and Community Service published a proposed rule on Criminal History Checks in the Federal Register. This proposed rule covers all Senior Companion and...individuals with disabilities. The proposed rule can be found at Federal Register...

MSHA Extends Comment Period of Proposed Rule for Diesel ParticulateMatter,...

U.S. Newswire;  September 19, 2005 ;     351 words ......public hearing dates for the agency's proposed rule on diesel particulate matter (DPM...carbon over a five-year period. The proposed rule also seeks comment on a number of questions...respirator. The comment period for this proposed rule has been extended to Jan. 27, 2006...

NRC SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED RULE REFLECTING EXPANDED AUTHORITY...

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  July 26, 2006 ;     626 words ......Commission is seeking public comments on a proposed rule to incorporate newly added radioactive...be issued by February 7, 2007. The proposed rule would establish the regulatory framework...occurring radioactive material (NORM). The proposed rule would revise the definition for ...

US FTC: Children's online privacy proposed rule issued by FTC.

M2 Presswire;  April 21, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Children's online privacy proposed rule issued by FTC (C)1994-99 M2...Trade Commission today issued a proposed rule designed to protect the privacy...who surf the Internet. The proposed rule, which would apply to certain...

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED RULE PROHIBITING...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......NPRM) seeking public comments on a proposed rule prohibiting market manipulation in...Chairman William E. Kovacic said. "The proposed rule announced today brings us one step...contribute to higher gasoline prices." The Proposed Rule In issuing the proposed rule, the ...

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT: BLM's proposed rule would update...

M2 Presswire;  February 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ......of Land Management today published a proposed rule that would revise the agency's 3809...mining regulations. In drafting this proposed rule, the BLM has engaged in an extraordinary...work on drafting a final rule. The proposed rule is intended to prevent unnecessary...

Registration of food facilities--FDA Proposed Rule Implementing the...

The Food Institute Report;  February 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Drug Administration published a proposed rule that would require registration...Feb. 3, 2003) . Comments on this proposed rule must be submitted to FDA by April 4, 2003. (1) This proposed rule, together with a proposed rule that...

Proposed Rule Would Aid First-Time Education Grant Applicants.(Brief...

Education Technology News;  May 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......receive special consideration under a new proposed rule. The rule, 34 CFR Part 75, would revise...examples of discretionary grants. The proposed rule would essentially allow the Department...Technology Innovative Challenge Grants. The proposed rule would also allow for staff panel ...

The fix is in; CMS plans to correct wage-index error.(The Week in...

Modern Healthcare;  September 1, 2003 ;     578 words ......their workers. When figured into the wage index CMS uses to determine a portion of every...Medicare rates throughout the country. The wage index for a given region is calculated by dividing...hospitals for their unique labor costs, the wage index has for years been a controversial ...

USDA PUBLISHES PROPOSED RULE TO REVISE NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 25, 2006 ;     298 words ......Department of Agriculture will publish a proposed rule in the Federal Register April 27 that...Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. The proposed rule revises the NOP regulations to clarify...are not commercially available. The proposed rule also revises section 205.236 of the...