Notice 21 Feb 2025 puerto rico, energy, commerce, foreign-trade zone, trade compliance, expansion

šŸŒŽApplication for Foreign-Trade Zone Expansion in Puerto Rico

The Department of Commerce’s Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received an application for the expansion of Subzone 7F by Puerto Rico Energy LLC. This notice outlines the request for additional acreage at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, intended to enhance trade operations in the region. Public comments are invited during the specified period.

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Notice 11 Feb 2025 regulation, physician ownership, cms, expansion, medicare, hospital capacity, healthcare

šŸ„Medicare's Request for Hospital Facility Expansion Exception

The Social Security Act prohibits a hospital with physician ownership that relies on the exception to the physician self-referral law for hospitals outside of Puerto Rico or for rural providers from expanding its facility capacity unless the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services grants the hospital's request for an exception from that prohibition after considering input on the request from individuals and entities in the community where the hospital is located. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has received a request from a hospital with physician ownership for an exception from the prohibition on expansion of facility capacity. This notice solicits comments on the request from individuals and entities in the community in which the hospital is located. Community input may inform our decision to approve or deny the hospital's request for an exception from the prohibition on expansion of facility capacity.

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