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HHS Guidance Submissions

On October 9, 2019, the President issued Executive Order (EO) 13891 entitled Promoting the Rule of Law through Improved Agency Guidance Documents (84 FR 55235). The EO requires HHS to establish a single, searchable, indexed database that contains links to all of HHS's guidance documents currently in effect. Guidance documents come in a variety of formats, including interpretive memoranda, policy statements, manuals, bulletins, advisories, and more.

On December 3, 2020, HHS released a Final Rule governing the agency's release and maintenance of guidance documents. See Good Guidance Practices Final Rule. These regulations will help to ensure that the public receives appropriate notice of new guidance and that the Department's guidance does not impose obligations on regulated parties that are not already reflected in duly enacted statutes or regulations lawfully promulgated under them.

DISCLAIMER: The contents of this database lack the force and effect of law, except as authorized by law (including Medicare Advantage Rate Announcements and Advance Notices) or as specifically incorporated into a contract.  The Department may not cite, use, or rely on any guidance that is not posted on the guidance repository, except to establish historical facts.

Announcements

HHS Guidance

Title OpDiv/StaffDiv Guidance Status Issue Date
Newsletter for EDS and RAPS - March 2015 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Encounter Data User Group - March 7, 2013 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Encounter Data User Group Q&As – March 7, 2013 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Encounter Data User Group – March 21, 2013 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Encounter Data User Group Q&As – March 21, 2013 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Encounter Data Companion Guide – Professional (DME) March 2016 Release Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Encounter Data Companion Guide – Institutional March 2016 Release Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
MAO-002 Report Notification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Encounter Data Companion Guides - Institutional June 2012 Release Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Encounter Data Companion Guide - Professional (DME) June 2012 Release Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
This Guidance Portal contains 17249 documents.
This is archived HHS content.