{"description":"Documents matching 'benefits verifying continued entitlement correct'","count":9362,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=benefits+verifying+continued+entitlement+correct&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, as amended (\"Section 214\"), prohibits the Secretary of HUD from making financial assistance available to persons other than United States citizens or certain categories of eligible noncitizens in HUD's public and specified assisted housing programs. This proposed rule would revise HUD's Section 214 implementing regulations to require the verification of U.S. citizenship or the eligible immigration status of all applicants and recipients of assistance under a covered program regardless of age. The proposed rule would also make prorated assistance a temporary condition pending verification of eligible status of all family members, where permitted by statute, as opposed to under HUD's current regulations where prorated assistance could continue indefinitely. These amendments would bring HUD's regulations into greater alignment with the wording and purpose of Section 214 and align with the current Administration's priorities and regulatory reform efforts.","document_number":"2026-03405","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/20/2026-03405/housing-and-community-development-act-of-1980-verification-of-eligible-status","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-20/pdf/2026-03405.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03405.pdf?1771508718","publication_date":"2026-02-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"secondary <span class=\"match\">verification</span> pursuant to § 5.512(d). \n § 5.512(d): Secondary <span class=\"match\">Verification</span> \n Proposed § 5.512(d) describes HUD's proposed secondary <span class=\"match\">verification</span> procedures. Under this proposed rule, whenever primary <span class=\"match\">verification</span> fails to confirm eligible status, secondary <span class=\"match\">verification</span> would be necessary as a second step in HUD's proposed <span class=\"match\">verification</span> procedure. This requirement would apply regardless of the category of status at issue. \n § 5.512(d)(1): Notice Following Primary <span class=\"match\">Verification</span> \n Under this proposed rule, to begin secondary <span class=\"match\">verification</span> procedure"},{"title":"Signatures on Immigration Benefit Requests","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the submission of benefit requests to provide that if U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) accepts a benefit request and determines later that it lacks a valid signature, USCIS may, in its discretion, reject or deny the request. This interim final rule (IFR or rule) will clarify USCIS procedures relating to the rejection or denial of benefit requests that do not meet regulatory requirements to ensure better enforcement of signature requirements.","document_number":"2026-09289","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/11/2026-09289/signatures-on-immigration-benefit-requests","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-11/pdf/2026-09289.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09289.pdf?1778244318","publication_date":"2026-05-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"USCIS is one that is either handwritten or, for <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> requests filed electronically as permitted by the instructions to the form, in electronic format.” As such, a properly filed USCIS <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> request means that the <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> request includes a complete and properly executed form with a valid signature, the <span class=\"match\">correct</span> fees, and the required initial evidence for intake purposes as specified in the form instructions.\n \n \n \n 3 \n  USCIS general filing requirements and receipt rules have been in place for <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> request filings since at least 1964. \n See "},{"title":"Distribution of Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset to Affected Domestic Producers","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, this document is U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) notice of intent to distribute assessed antidumping and countervailing duties (known as the continued dumping and subsidy offset) for Fiscal Year 2026 in connection with countervailing duty orders, antidumping duty orders, and findings under the Antidumping Act of 1921. This document provides instructions for affected domestic producers, or anyone alleging eligibility to receive a distribution, to file certifications to claim a distribution in relation to the listed orders and findings, and to provide CBP with the necessary information to effect payment of a distribution by electronic funds transfer.","document_number":"2026-10350","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/26/2026-10350/distribution-of-continued-dumping-and-subsidy-offset-to-affected-domestic-producers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-26/pdf/2026-10350.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10350.pdf?1779453908","publication_date":"2026-05-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"}],"excerpts":"materials to achieve an objective in the production process of the product that is the subject of the related order or finding); \n (6) Health care <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> for employees paid for by the employer (Health care <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> paid to employees who are producing the specific product that is the subject of the related order or finding); \n (7) Pension <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> for employees paid for by the employer (Pension <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> paid to employees who are producing the specific product that is the subject of the related order or finding); \n (8) Environmental equipment, training"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a new matching program with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Services (OCSS). Under this matching program, OCSS will disclose quarterly wage (QW) information to SSA to establish or verify eligibility, continuing entitlement, or payment amounts, or all of the above, of individuals under Title II Disability Insurance (DI) program of the Social Security Act (Act).","document_number":"2025-20488","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/21/2025-20488/privacy-act-of-1974-matching-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-21/pdf/2025-20488.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20488.pdf?1763646310","publication_date":"2025-11-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"procedures in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o), (p), and (r), which describes matching agreements, <span class=\"match\">verification</span> by agencies of information, the opportunity for individuals to contest agency findings, and the obligations of agencies to report proposals to establish or change matching programs to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget. \n PURPOSE(S): \n Under this matching program, SSA will use the NDNH QW information to establish or <span class=\"match\">verify</span> eligibility, <span class=\"match\">continuing</span> <span class=\"match\">entitlement</span>, or payment amounts, or all of the above, of individuals under the Title II DI program"},{"title":"Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit”","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice sets forth the interpretation that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) uses for the term \"Federal public benefit\" as used in Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193, 8 U.S.C. 1611. In doing so, this notice revises the interpretation of the term set forth in a prior notice, 63 FR 41658 (Aug. 4, 1998) (\"the 1998 HHS PRWORA Notice\" or \"1998 Notice\"). This notice also describes and preliminarily identifies the HHS programs that provide \"Federal public benefits\" within the scope of PRWORA, including HHS programs that were not listed in the 1998 HHS PRWORA Notice.","document_number":"2025-13118","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/14/2025-13118/personal-responsibility-and-work-opportunity-reconciliation-act-of-1996-prwora-interpretation-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-14/pdf/2025-13118.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13118.pdf?1752178509","publication_date":"2025-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"license” is “provided by” “appropriated funds of the United States,” then it is a “Federal public <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>.” Similarly, if HHS “provide[s]” the “retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, food assistance, unemployment <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>, or any other similar <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>,” or such “<span class=\"match\">benefit</span>” is “provided by” “appropriated funds of the United States,” then such <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> is a “Federal public <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>,” as long as the <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> is “provided to” one of three types of recipients: (i) “an individual,” (ii) a “household,” or (iii)"},{"title":"Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing a regulation that would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). These disclosures are needed so that fiduciaries can assess the reasonableness of the contracts or arrangements with these service providers, including the reasonableness of the service providers' compensation. These disclosure requirements would apply for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. This proposal implements section 12 of President Trump's Executive Order 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First, which instructs the Department to propose regulations to improve employer health plan transparency into the direct and indirect compensation received by pharmacy benefit managers. If finalized, this regulation would affect sponsors and other fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans and certain service providers to such plans.","document_number":"2026-01907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01907/improving-transparency-into-pharmacy-benefit-manager-fee-disclosure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01907.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"Pharmacy <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> Consulting, \n https://www.milliman.com/en/services/pharmacy-<span class=\"match\">benefits</span>-consulting. \n \n \n \n \n 45 \n  Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension <span class=\"match\">Benefit</span> Plans, \n PBM Compensation and Fee Disclosure \n at 3 (November 2014), \n https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ebsa/pdf_files/2014-pbm-compensation-and-fee-disclosure.pdf.; \n AJ Ally, Patrick Cambel, Mark Gruenhaupt, &amp; Kristin Niakan, \n Report of Pharmacy <span class=\"match\">Benefit</span> Manager Practices \n at 34 (2025), \n https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ohs/reports/ohs-report-of-pharmacy-<span class=\"match\">benefit</span>-manag"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); requirements related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required benefits in addition to the EHB; cost- sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive plan years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); and revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States. This final rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-10050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10050/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10050.pdf?1779135308","publication_date":"2026-05-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"coefficients between the 2026 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year and 2027 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year HHS risk adjustment models.\n \n \n Response: \n The 2027 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year HHS risk adjustment model coefficients finalized in this proposed rule are very similar to those finalized for the previous <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year \n 37 \n \n and generally varied from their 2026 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year values less than we have observed in previous year-to-year changes (Table 1). For example, the age-sex coefficients for the 2027 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year HHS risk adjustment models varied from 2026 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year values by a median of ±3"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a modified system of records entitled the \"National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)\" (18-11-06). The information contained in this system is maintained for various purposes relating to aid applicants and recipients. These include determining aid applicants' and recipients' eligibility for Federal student financial assistance under the programs authorized by title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA); assisting institutions of higher education participating in and administering the title IV, HEA programs by verifying the eligibility of aid recipients for, and tracking, Federal student loans; and assisting the Department's oversight and administration of the title IV, HEA programs, including evaluating their effectiveness.","document_number":"2026-07817","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/22/2026-07817/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-22/pdf/2026-07817.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07817.pdf?1776775514","publication_date":"2026-04-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"Servicers (covered by the system of records <span class=\"match\">entitled</span> “Common Services for Borrowers (CSB)”); Debt Management Collection System (covered by the system of records <span class=\"match\">entitled</span> “Common Services for Borrowers (CSB)”); Common Origination and Disbursement System (covered by the system of records <span class=\"match\">entitled</span> “Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System”); Financial Management System (covered by the system of records <span class=\"match\">entitled</span> “Financial Management System (FMS)”); FSA Partner Connect (covered by the system of records <span class=\"match\">entitled</span> “Federal Student Aid Partner Connect"},{"title":"Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers; Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support; Affordable Connectivity Program; Emergency Broadband Benefit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to ensure that Lifeline services are used to benefit and support eligible low-income Americans, that the program's funding is protected from waste, fraud, and abuse, and that service providers are in compliance with Commission rules. The Commission also seeks to update and streamline Lifeline and related rules.","document_number":"2026-06531","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06531/lifeline-and-link-up-reform-and-modernization-bridging-the-digital-divide-for-low-income-consumers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06531.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06531.pdf?1775133915","publication_date":"2026-04-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Commission also seeks comments on its tentative conclusion that the Lifeline <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> qualifies as a “means-tested public <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>” under the PRWORA. As noted, the PRWORA does not define “means-tested public <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>,” so the Commission applies the guidance from OLC that a means-tested public <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> “is best understood as any federal public <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> for which the eligibility of an individual, household, or family eligibility unit for <span class=\"match\">benefits</span>, or the amount of such <span class=\"match\">benefits</span>, or both, are determined on the basis of the income, resources, or financial"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"RRB-22, Railroad Retirement, Survivor, and Pensioner Benefit System is used to manage records related to railroad retirement, survivor, and pensioner benefits.","document_number":"2025-22048","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22048/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22048.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22048.pdf?1764855923","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","name":"Railroad Retirement Board","id":444,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/railroad-retirement-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/444","parent_id":null,"slug":"railroad-retirement-board"}],"excerpts":"months paid may be furnished to the Veterans <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> Administration for the purpose of assisting that agency in determining eligibility for <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> or <span class=\"match\">verifying</span> <span class=\"match\">continued</span> <span class=\"match\">entitlement</span> to and the <span class=\"match\">correct</span> amount of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> payable under programs which it administers. \n Beneficiary identifying information, <span class=\"match\">entitlement</span> data and <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> rates relevant and necessary may be released to the Department of State and embassy and consular officials, the American Institute in Taiwan, and to the Veterans <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> Administration Regional Office, Philippines,"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"RRB-1, Social Security Benefit Vouchering System is used to administer, certify, and voucher Social Security benefit payments.","document_number":"2025-22051","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22051/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22051.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22051.pdf?1764855923","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","name":"Railroad Retirement Board","id":444,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/railroad-retirement-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/444","parent_id":null,"slug":"railroad-retirement-board"}],"excerpts":"for investigation of alleged forgery or theft of railroad retirement or Social Security <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> checks. \n l. Beneficiary identifying information, effective date, <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> rates, and months paid may be furnished to the Veterans <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> Administration for the purpose of assisting that agency in determining eligibility for <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> or <span class=\"match\">verifying</span> <span class=\"match\">continued</span> <span class=\"match\">entitlement</span> to and the <span class=\"match\">correct</span> amount of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> payable under programs which it administers. \n m. <span class=\"match\">Benefit</span> rates and effective dates may be disclosed to the Social Security Administration, Bureau"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This proposed rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Model Recalibration for the 2027 <span class=\"match\">Benefit</span> Year \n \n We propose to recalibrate the 2027 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year HHS risk adjustment models with the 2021, 2022, and 2023 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> years' enrollee-level EDGE data. Consistent with the approach outlined in the 2020 Payment Notice (84 FR 17454, 17464), we propose to recalibrate the HHS risk adjustment models for the 2027 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year using only enrollee-level EDGE data, and to <span class=\"match\">continue</span> to use blended, or averaged, coefficients from 3 years of separately solved models for the 2027 <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> year model recalibration. Additionally"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 and Certain Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Medicare cost plan regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, drug coverage, enrollment processes, special needs plans, and other programmatic areas.","document_number":"2026-06600","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06600/medicare-program-contract-year-2027-and-certain-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06600.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06600.pdf?1775160908","publication_date":"2026-04-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"gov/files/document/chapter-5-<span class=\"match\">benefits</span>-and-beneficiary-protection-v92011.pdf; \n Chapter 6: \n https://www.cms.gov/medicare/prescription-drug-coverage/prescriptiondrugcovcontra/downloads/part-d-<span class=\"match\">benefits</span>-manual-chapter-6.pdf. \n \n \n \n Comment: \n Many commenters who were supportive of our proposals to codify the changes to the phases of the Part D <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> also expressed concerns about potential unintended consequences of the redesigned Part D <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>. Commenters stated that the reallocation of financial risk under the redesigned Part D <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> creates incentives"},{"title":"Postal Service Health Benefits Program: Additional Requirements and Clarifications","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this final rule to clarify and establish additional requirements regarding the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, which was established pursuant to the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA). This final rule expands on previous regulations concerning the PSHB Program and is intended to provide greater detail and clarity necessary to properly implement PSHB in 2025 and beyond. In particular, this final rule includes details on reconsideration of PSHB eligibility decisions, the Medicare Part B enrollment requirement, allocation of reserve credits, calendar year alignment of Government contribution requirements, financial reporting and actuarial calculations, premium payment prioritization from the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, and Medicare Part D integration.","document_number":"2024-24796","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/24/2024-24796/postal-service-health-benefits-program-additional-requirements-and-clarifications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-24/pdf/2024-24796.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24796.pdf?1729687549","publication_date":"2024-10-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"who is an annuitant as defined in 5 U.S.C. 8901(3)(B) and who is <span class=\"match\">entitled</span> to Medicare Part A must be enrolled in Medicare Part B to <span class=\"match\">continue</span> enrollment in a health <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> plan under this subpart, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (d)(3) of this section;\n \n (2) A Postal Service employee's member of family who is an annuitant as defined in 5 U.S.C. 8901(3)(B) and who is <span class=\"match\">entitled</span> to Medicare Part A, must be enrolled in Medicare Part B to <span class=\"match\">continue</span> enrollment in a health <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> plan under this subpart, except as provided in paragraphs (d)(3)(ii)"},{"title":"Privacy Act Of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"RRB-21, Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Insurance Benefit System is used to collect, store, and manage information for railroad workers' unemployment claims.","document_number":"2025-22047","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22047/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22047.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22047.pdf?1764855923","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","name":"Railroad Retirement Board","id":444,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/railroad-retirement-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/444","parent_id":null,"slug":"railroad-retirement-board"}],"excerpts":"appeal.\n \n Beneficiary identifying information, <span class=\"match\">entitlement</span> data, <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> rates and periods paid may be released to the Veterans <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> Administration to <span class=\"match\">verify</span> <span class=\"match\">continued</span> <span class=\"match\">entitlement</span> to <span class=\"match\">benefits</span>. \n Identifying information such as full name, Social Security number, employee identification number, date last worked, occupation, and location last worked may be released to any last employer to <span class=\"match\">verify</span> <span class=\"match\">entitlement</span> for <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. \n The amount of unemployment <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> paid, if 10 dollars or more in a calendar year"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, we are issuing public notice of our intent to modify an existing system of records entitled, Electronic Disability Claim File (60-0320), hereinafter referred to as the eDIB Claim File, last published on June 24, 2020. This notice publishes details of the modified system as set forth below under the caption, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.","document_number":"2026-07300","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/15/2026-07300/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-15/pdf/2026-07300.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07300.pdf?1776170719","publication_date":"2026-04-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"someone else's SSN, affects the individual's <span class=\"match\">entitlement</span> to Social Security <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> or the amount of those <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> (\n e.g., \n relevant records to an adversely affected beneficiary).\n \n 7. To employers, current or former, for <span class=\"match\">correcting</span> or reconstructing earnings records and for Social Security tax purposes. \n 8. To the U.S. Department of the Treasury for: \n (a) collecting Social Security taxes, or as otherwise pertinent to tax and <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> payment provisions of the Social Security Act, including SSN <span class=\"match\">verification</span> services; and \n (b) investigating alleged"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Medicare cost plan regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, drug coverage, enrollment processes, special needs plans, and other programmatic areas.","document_number":"2025-21456","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21456/medicare-program-contract-year-2027-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare-advantage-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21456.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21456.pdf?1764105313","publication_date":"2025-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"effective coinsurance for a beneficiary under the Part D <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>. To ensure that a plan's value is reflective of the defined standard <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>, we are proposing to codify a methodology similar to the methodology used to calculate the cost-sharing requirements in § 423.104(d)(2)(iv)(D). For Part D plans with the full deductible provided under the defined standard <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>, the coinsurance is 25 percent, consistent with the defined standard <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>. Using the CY 2025 defined standard <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> parameters of a $590 deductible, a $2,000 annual OOP threshold"},{"title":"Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would codify the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (\"Negotiation Program\") and would establish certain new policies for the Negotiation Program and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program as required by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This proposed rule would also propose a modification to the fixed combination drug policy.","document_number":"2026-12059","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/16/2026-12059/medicare-drug-price-negotiation-program-and-medicare-prescription-drug-benefit-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-16/pdf/2026-12059.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12059.pdf?1781295308","publication_date":"2026-06-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"of 20 percent in 2030 and later years. The major <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> changes and beneficiary premium protections by year are shown in Table 17. \n \n Table 17—IRA Part D <span class=\"match\">Benefit</span> and Premium Changes \n \n   \n 2023 \n 2024 \n 2025-2029 \n 2030 \n \n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> \n \n Reduced cost sharing for insulins and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-recommended adult vaccines \n No cost sharing in catastrophic phase \n Removal of coverage gap, $2,000 out-of-pocket max (indexed), new manufacturer discount \n No <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> changes. \n \n \n \n Premium \n \n Funded by retrospective"},{"title":"Distribution of Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset to Affected Domestic Producers","type":"Notice","abstract":"Pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, this document is U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) notice of intent to distribute assessed antidumping and countervailing duties (known as the continued dumping and subsidy offset) for Fiscal Year 2025 in connection with countervailing duty orders, antidumping duty orders, and findings under the Antidumping Act of 1921. This document provides the instructions for affected domestic producers, or anyone alleging eligibility to receive a distribution, to file certifications to claim a distribution in relation to the listed orders and findings, and to provide CBP with the necessary information to effect payment of a distribution by electronic funds transfer.","document_number":"2025-08516","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/30/2025-08516/distribution-of-continued-dumping-and-subsidy-offset-to-affected-domestic-producers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-30/pdf/2025-08516.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08516.pdf?1748522709","publication_date":"2025-05-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"}],"excerpts":"materials to achieve an objective in the production process of the product that is the subject of the related order or finding); \n (6) Health care <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> for employees paid for by the employer (Health care <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> paid to employees who are producing the specific product that is the subject of the related order or finding); \n (7) Pension <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> for employees paid for by the employer (Pension <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> paid to employees who are producing the specific product that is the subject of the related order or finding); \n (8) Environmental equipment, training"},{"title":"Apportionments","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to limit the circumstances in which benefits will be apportioned and to stop making need-based apportionments. Currently, in limited situations, VA may pay a portion of a VA beneficiary's monetary benefits directly to the beneficiary's dependent, referred to as an apportionment. To qualify, the dependent cannot reside with the beneficiary, must demonstrate financial need, and the apportionment must not cause financial hardship to the beneficiary. VA claims processors, whose expertise is in VA benefits and not in matters related to child or spousal support, decide whether to take monetary benefits from the beneficiary and reallocate the funds to dependents. VA claims processors can take this action without the consent of the beneficiary. These apportionment decisions, which can have significant financial consequences, are based on both parties' self-reported income and self-reported expenses. Unlike State courts, VA has no ability to compel evidence of income and expenses. Allegations of inadequate child or spousal support involve complex issues of family law that are best suited to the expertise and authority of State courts. VA apportionments can upset the expectations upon which a State court support award was predicated, requiring a State court to expend additional resources to revisit a prior determination. Finally, due to their intricacy, a significant amount of information is needed to adjudicate apportionment claims properly. While this information is typically available to State courts, VA must attempt to gather this information from the VA beneficiary and the beneficiary's dependent, which is unavoidably a time-consuming process. The time and effort needed to gather this information increases VA workloads and consumes resources that are better utilized to process veterans' claims. Because VA apportionment awards may conflict with the awards of better-situated State family courts, and because VA lacks the authority and expertise to make fully informed, accurate, and economically appropriate awards, VA is amending its regulations to discontinue making need-based apportionment awards. VA will continue making apportionment awards in situations when a veteran or surviving spouse is incarcerated, or when an incompetent veteran, who does not have a fiduciary, is institutionalized at government expense. VA will not discontinue any current apportionments because of this rulemaking.","document_number":"2026-00237","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/09/2026-00237/apportionments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-09/pdf/2026-00237.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00237.pdf?1767879911","publication_date":"2026-01-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"\n —(i) \n Claim for <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> is pending. \n If a veteran or surviving spouse (primary beneficiary) has a claim for <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> pending on the date that VA receives an apportionment claim, the effective date of the apportionment will be the effective date of the primary beneficiary's award, or the date the apportionment claimant's <span class=\"match\">entitlement</span> arose, whichever is later.\n \n \n (ii) \n Apportionment claimant not yet established as the beneficiary's dependent. \n If VA receives an apportionment claim within 1 year of the award of <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> to the primary beneficiary"}]}