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Federal Regulatory Policy

NPA works proactively with CMS and Congress on issues affecting PACE organizations. Because PACE is an innovative program that works with both Medicare and Medicaid, its model of care has its own regulations that govern PACE organization operations.

The National PACE Association (NPA) works proactively with staff at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and members of Congress who work on policy issues affecting PACE® organizations. Because PACE organizations are innovative programs that work with both the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the PACE Model of Care has its own regulations that govern PACE organization operations.

CY 2022 Final Rule with Revisions to PACE Requirements

The Contract Year (CY) 2022 Final Rule with Revisions to PACE Requirements was published Jan. 19, 2021, in the Federal Register.

For more information, contact Chris van Reenen, vice president of Regulatory Affairs.

2019 PACE Final Rule

CMS released the 2019 PACE Final Rule, which was published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2019, with an effective date of Aug. 2, 2019. You can view the NPA analysis of the final rule.

Proposed Rule for PACE

CMS released the proposed rule for PACE (CMS-4168-P) in 2016. It was on public display at FederalRegister.gov and was published in the Federal Register on Aug. 16, 2016. CMS also issued a Fact Sheet and Blog Post on the proposed rule.

NPA prepared the following resources: