{"description":"Documents matching 'charge fees clarifying permissibility subcontracting'","count":327,"total_pages":17,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=charge+fees+clarifying+permissibility+subcontracting&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Revising Central Nonprofit Agencies' Requirements To Charge Fees and Clarifying the Permissibility of Subcontracting Within the AbilityOne Program; Extension of Comment Period","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"On April 30, 2026, the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee), operating as the U.S. AbilityOne Commission (Commission), published a proposed rule \"Central Nonprofit Agencies' Requirements to Charge Fees and Clarifying the Permissibility of Subcontracting within the AbilityOne Program\" with a 30-day comment period ending on June 1, 2026. The Commission has determined that a 15-business day extension of the comment period, until June 22, 2026, is appropriate. The Commission is taking this action in response to requests for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.","document_number":"2026-10585","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/28/2026-10585/revising-central-nonprofit-agencies-requirements-to-charge-fees-and-clarifying-the-permissibility-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-28/pdf/2026-10585.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10585.pdf?1779885913","publication_date":"2026-05-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED","name":"Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled","id":74,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/committee-for-purchase-from-people-who-are-blind-or-severely-disabled","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/74","parent_id":null,"slug":"committee-for-purchase-from-people-who-are-blind-or-severely-disabled"}],"excerpts":"Requirements to <span class=\"match\">Charge</span> <span class=\"match\">Fees</span> and <span class=\"match\">Clarifying</span> the <span class=\"match\">Permissibility</span> of <span class=\"match\">Subcontracting</span> within the AbilityOne Program” with a 30-day comment period ending on June 1, 2026. The Commission has determined that a 15-business day extension of the comment period, until June 22, 2026, is appropriate. The Commission is taking this action in response to requests for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments. \n \n \n DATES: \n The comment period for the proposed rule Central Nonprofit Agencies' Requirements to <span class=\"match\">Charge</span> <span class=\"match\">Fees</span> and <span class=\"match\">Clarifying</span> the Permissibility"},{"title":"Revising Central Nonprofit Agencies' Requirements To Charge Fees and Clarifying the Permissibility of Subcontracting Within the AbilityOne Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This notice proposes to amend the Committee regulation at 41 CFR 51-3.5 to formally codify the congressionally mandated requirements set forth in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, Public Law 114-113, Division H, Title IV, 129 Stat. 2639, December 18, 2015, which requires the central nonprofit agencies to enter into a written agreement with the Committee before charging fees to nonprofit agencies. This notice also proposes to amend the Committee's regulation at 41 CFR 51-4.4 to clarify the definition of subcontracting within the AbilityOne Program, amend and reduce regulatory requirements to subcontract, streamline the approval process for use of subcontracting, and lessen the administrative burdens for selecting subcontractors.","document_number":"2026-08392","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/30/2026-08392/revising-central-nonprofit-agencies-requirements-to-charge-fees-and-clarifying-the-permissibility-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-30/pdf/2026-08392.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08392.pdf?1777466712","publication_date":"2026-04-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED","name":"Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled","id":74,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/committee-for-purchase-from-people-who-are-blind-or-severely-disabled","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/74","parent_id":null,"slug":"committee-for-purchase-from-people-who-are-blind-or-severely-disabled"}],"excerpts":"allowing for collection of <span class=\"match\">fees</span> for those expenses \n \n even after termination of an agreement (proposed § 51-3.5(c)); explain that the <span class=\"match\">fee</span> must be calculated based on actual sales of PL requirements to the Federal Government but not on any portion of work <span class=\"match\">subcontracted</span>, unless allowed by the Commission and <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that the CNA is entitled to collect <span class=\"match\">fees</span> only from the portion of the contract performed by the NPA and not from any portion <span class=\"match\">subcontracted</span> to a for-profit entity (proposed § 51-3.5(d)); and allow the CNA to collect a <span class=\"match\">fee</span> when serving as the prime"},{"title":"Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth these final rules related to certain provisions of the No Surprises Act regarding the Federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process, which was established as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). These rules finalize new requirements relating to the disclosure of information that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage must include along with the initial payment or notice of denial of payment for certain items and services subject to the surprise billing protections in the No Surprises Act. These final rules also require plans and issuers to communicate information by using claim adjustment reason codes (CARCs) and remittance advice remark codes (RARCs), as specified in guidance, when providing any paper or electronic remittance advice (ERA) to an entity that does not have a contractual relationship with the plan or issuer. This document also finalizes amendments to certain requirements related to the open negotiation period preceding the Federal IDR process, the initiation of the Federal IDR process, the Federal IDR dispute eligibility review process, and the payment and collection of administrative fees and certified IDR entity fees. This document also finalizes the definition of bundled payment arrangements, amends requirements related to batched items and services and amends the rules for extensions of timeframes due to extenuating circumstances. Additionally, this document finalizes provisions that require plans and issuers to register in the Federal IDR portal. In accordance with Federal law, a summary of these rules may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/.","document_number":"2026-11140","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11140/federal-independent-dispute-resolution-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11140.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11140.pdf?1780348210","publication_date":"2026-06-04","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"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"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"},{"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"}],"excerpts":"to select) that <span class=\"match\">charge</span> a <span class=\"match\">fee</span> within the allowed range of certified IDR entity <span class=\"match\">fees</span> not later than the sixth business day after the date of IDR initiation. If there are insufficient certified IDR entities that <span class=\"match\">charge</span> a <span class=\"match\">fee</span> within the allowed range of certified IDR entity <span class=\"match\">fees</span> available to arbitrate the dispute, the Departments would select a certified IDR entity that has received approval, as described in paragraphs 26 CFR 54.9816-8(e)(2)(vii)(A), 29 CFR 2590.716-8(e)(2)(vii)(A), and 45 CFR 149.510(e)(2)(vii)(A), to <span class=\"match\">charge</span> a <span class=\"match\">fee</span> outside of the allowed"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules addressing all intrastate, interstate, and international audio and video incarcerated people's communication services (IPCS), including video visitation services. The reforms include adopting permanent rate caps for audio IPCS and interim rate caps for video; prohibiting IPCS providers from making site commission payments associated with IPCS and preempting state and local laws and regulations requiring such commissions; prohibiting IPCS providers from imposing any separate ancillary service charges on IPCS consumers; strengthening the Commission's requirements for access to IPCS by incarcerated people with disabilities; permitting IPCS providers to offer optional alternate pricing plans that comply with the rate caps; strengthening existing consumer disclosure and inactive account requirements; revising the existing annual reporting and certification requirements; facilitating enforcement of the new IPCS rules; and delegating authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA).","document_number":"2024-19037","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19037/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19037.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19037.pdf?1726663521","publication_date":"2024-09-20","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":"to interpret “<span class=\"match\">charges</span>” to include “all other amounts assessed on consumers of incarcerated people's communications services” including “ancillary service <span class=\"match\">charges</span>, authorized <span class=\"match\">fees</span>, mandatory taxes and <span class=\"match\">fees</span>, and any other <span class=\"match\">charges</span> a provider may seek to impose on consumers.” The record supports these interpretations. We are persuaded that the statutory language “rates and <span class=\"match\">charges</span>” encompasses the amounts imposed on IPCS consumers, as we proposed in 2023, whether “rates” and “<span class=\"match\">charges</span>” are interpreted individually or if “rates and <span class=\"match\">charges</span>” is understood"},{"title":"Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is revising the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements, which is now called the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. The final guidance reflects public comments received in response to the OMB Notification of Proposed Guidance published in October 2023 and comments received from Federal agencies. In response to comments, OMB is revising and updating the guidance to incorporate recent OMB policy priorities related to Federal financial assistance and to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB is also incorporating certain statutory requirements and clarifying certain sections of the prior version of the guidance that recipients or agencies have interpreted in different ways. OMB is also making revisions to use plain language, improve flow, and address inconsistent use of terms within the guidance text. Finally, OMB is making revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance.","document_number":"2024-07496","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/2024-07496/guidance-for-federal-financial-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-22/pdf/2024-07496.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07496.pdf?1713271514","publication_date":"2024-04-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"excerpts":"further <span class=\"match\">clarifies</span> its intent. OMB explains that criteria for distinguishing between subawards and contracts is provided at section 200.331. Some of this language just restored language from the prior version of the guidance.\n \n OMB also received several comments recommending the definition of subaward <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> if payments to beneficiaries that are not individuals are also excluded. OMB agrees the language was potentially misleading and <span class=\"match\">clarified</span> that subawards do “not include payments to a contractor, beneficiary, or participant.” \n \n <span class=\"match\">Subcontract</span> and"},{"title":"Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the Expanded HH Value-Based Purchasing Model; Medicare Provider Enrollment, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), and DME, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Policies","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this proposed rule discusses the behavior adjustment and proposes a temporary behavior adjustment and proposes to recalibrate the case-mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low- utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2027. Additionally, this proposed rule discusses the provision of home health palliative care services and includes a request for information (RFI) on a home health specific wage index. This rule would also propose changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and summarizes potential initiatives to improve alignment between the HH QRP and expanded Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. Lastly, the rule would--clarify the application of the DMEPOS face-to- face encounter requirements for the replacement of DMEPOS items; make changes to the provider and supplier enrollment requirements; make changes regarding DME benefit expansion for infusion pumps and drugs; and discuss collection of information requirement changes regarding the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) country of origin.","document_number":"2026-13602","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13602/calendar-year-2027-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate-update-requirements-for-the-hh","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13602.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13602.pdf?1782936912","publication_date":"2026-07-06","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":"535(a)(5)(ii).(d) Application <span class=\"match\">Fee</span> Payment. \n CMS can revoke a provider's enrollment under § 424.535(a)(6) in any of the following four bulleted instances: \n • Under § 424.535(a)(6)(i)(A) and (B)— \n ++ An institutional provider (as defined in § 424.502) fails to submit with its Medicare revalidation application an application <span class=\"match\">fee</span> or hardship exception request that complies with § 424.514; or \n ++ The hardship exception is not granted, and the institutional provider fails to submit the applicable application form or application <span class=\"match\">fee</span> within 30 days of being"},{"title":"Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes to revise the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance to improve government- wide policies and requirements related to the management of grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance. OMB is proposing revisions that would improve transparency, accountability, and oversight for Federal awards across the Federal Government. This includes ensuring that American tax dollars are not wasted or misused, activities performed under Federal awards are consistent with law and policy, and recipients are held accountable when they fail to meet relevant standards. The revisions also aim to ensure that basic American principles of equality and equal opportunity are upheld throughout all stages of the award making process and that unlawful discrimination is no longer permitted. Proposed changes also include providing further clarification on the regulatory status of the OMB requirements and on the process for future updates to the government- wide requirements. Finally, OMB also proposes changes to reduce recipient burden. The listed Federal grant-making agencies propose conforming changes to their respective adopting regulations, or, in the case of some agencies and other entities, establishing new adopting regulations or policies. The proposed changes reflect the administration's commitment to transparency, accountability, and proper oversight for the Federal grantmaking process. The proposed regulations seek to ensure that American tax dollars are ultimately used to serve the needs of the American public.","document_number":"2026-10817","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-29/pdf/2026-10817.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf?1779984020","publication_date":"2026-05-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services 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Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"revise § 200.202(a) to further <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> the elements of program design. As “goals and objectives” do not directly “provide” meaningful results, OMB proposes to <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that the goals and objectives must “aim to achieve meaningful results.” OMB also proposes to <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that goals and objectives must be consistent with the public purpose of Federal authorizing legislation and aligned with administration policies and priorities. \n \n OMB also proposes to add five new paragraphs. In § 200.202(c), OMB proposes to <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that Federal agencies must develop"},{"title":"Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission addresses arguments raised on rehearing, sets aside, in part, and clarifies Order No. 2023, which amended the Commission's regulations and its pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures, pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Procedures, and pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Agreement to address interconnection queue backlogs, improve certainty, and prevent undue discrimination for new technologies.","document_number":"2024-06563","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/16/2024-06563/improvements-to-generator-interconnection-procedures-and-agreements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-16/pdf/2024-06563.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06563.pdf?1713185116","publication_date":"2024-04-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"variation in the context of RTOs/ISOs.\n \n 150. In response to EEI's request that the Commission <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that provisional interconnection service requests continue to be processed as received, we <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that Order No. 2023 did not modify the process for transmission providers to study provisional interconnection service requests. \n 151. In response to EEI's request that the Commission <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> how the 150-day study deadline applies to restudies, we <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that transmission providers have 150 days from the point that they inform interconnection customers"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model; Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Updates; DMEPOS Accreditation Requirements; Provider Enrollment; and Other Medicare and Medicaid Policies","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this proposed rule proposes permanent and temporary behavior adjustments and proposes to recalibrate the case-mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2026. Lastly, this proposed rule proposes policy changes to the face-to-face encounter policy. It also proposes changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and the expanded Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model requirements. In addition, it would update the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). Lastly it proposes: a technical change to the HH conditions of participation; updates to DMEPOS supplier conditions of payment; updates to provider and supplier enrollment requirements; and changes to DMEPOS accreditation requirements.","document_number":"2025-12347","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/02/2025-12347/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-calendar-year-2026-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-02/pdf/2025-12347.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12347.pdf?1751314517","publication_date":"2025-07-02","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":"the Medicare program. Under the reasonable <span class=\"match\">charge</span> payment methodology in place from 1966 through 1988, payment was based on the lower of the supplier's customary <span class=\"match\">charge</span> (the 50th percentile of <span class=\"match\">charges</span> from the supplier), or the prevailing <span class=\"match\">charge</span> for the item (the 75th percentile of customary <span class=\"match\">charges</span> for the item from suppliers in a given locality). The <span class=\"match\">fee</span> schedule amounts used to pay claims for DMEPOS beginning in 1989 are based on average reasonable <span class=\"match\">charges</span> for the items. The lowest or highest <span class=\"match\">charges</span> for an item were never used to establish the"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model; Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Updates; DMEPOS Accreditation Requirements; Provider Enrollment; and Other Medicare and Medicaid Policies","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule sets forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this final rule finalizes permanent and temporary behavior adjustments and recalibrates the case- mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2026. This final rule also finalizes changes to the face-to-face encounter policy and changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and the expanded Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model requirements. In addition, it updates the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). Lastly it finalizes: a technical change to the HH conditions of participation; updates to DMEPOS supplier conditions of payment; updates to provider and supplier enrollment requirements; and changes to DMEPOS accreditation requirements.","document_number":"2025-21767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/02/2025-21767/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-calendar-year-2026-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-02/pdf/2025-21767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21767.pdf?1764364516","publication_date":"2025-12-02","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":"the Medicare program. Under the reasonable <span class=\"match\">charge</span> payment methodology in place from 1966 through 1988, payment was based on the lower of the supplier's customary <span class=\"match\">charge</span> (the 50th percentile of <span class=\"match\">charges</span> from the supplier), or the prevailing <span class=\"match\">charge</span> for the item (the 75th percentile of customary <span class=\"match\">charges</span> for the item from suppliers in a given locality). The <span class=\"match\">fee</span> schedule amounts used to pay claims for DMEPOS beginning in 1989 are based on average reasonable <span class=\"match\">charges</span> for the items. The lowest or highest <span class=\"match\">charges</span> for an item were never used to establish the"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would seek to implement policies in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) related to the new legislative requirements in the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019 (MSIAA), which are needed to address drug misclassification, as well as drug pricing and product data misreporting by manufacturers. Additionally, we are proposing several other program integrity and program administration provisions or modifications in this proposed rule including revising and proposing key definitions used in the MDRP. This proposed rule also designates a time limitation on manufacturers initiating audits with States; clarifies and establishes requirements for State fee-for-service (FFS) pharmacy reimbursement; codifies conditions relating to States claiming FFP for physician-administered drugs (PADs); clarifies the requirement of accumulating price concessions when determining best price; designates drug price verification and transparency through data collection; and proposes two new contracting requirements between States and their Medicaid managed care plans. In addition, this rule includes a proposal unrelated to MDRP that would make revisions to the third-party liability regulation due to Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2018. Finally, we are proposing to rescind revisions made by the December 31, 2020 final rule \"Medicaid Program; Establishing Minimum Standards in Medicaid State Drug Utilization Review (DUR) and Supporting Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) for Drugs Covered in Medicaid, Revising Medicaid Drug Rebate and Third Party Liability (TPL) Requirements\" to the Determination of Best Price and Determination of Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) sections.","document_number":"2023-10934","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/26/2023-10934/medicaid-program-misclassification-of-drugs-program-administration-and-program-integrity-updates","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-26/pdf/2023-10934.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-10934.pdf?1684872916","publication_date":"2023-05-26","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":"CODs only through <span class=\"match\">fee</span>-for-service, as reflected in the most recent Medicaid Financial Management Report (FMR).\n 41 \n \n The FMR reflects annual State expenditures collected on the CMS-64 report.\n 42 \n \n We propose to use the Federal fiscal year Medicaid FMR and analyze the rebates for those States that currently provide coverage of covered outpatient drugs only through <span class=\"match\">fee</span>-for-service (<span class=\"match\">fee</span>-for-service States). Specifically, we would determine total computable prescribed drugs expenditures for the States that cover CODs only through <span class=\"match\">fee</span>-for-service (currently"},{"title":"Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"With this final rule, DoD establishes the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program in order to verify contractors have implemented required security measures necessary to safeguard Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The mechanisms discussed in this rule will allow the Department to confirm a defense contractor or subcontractor has implemented the security requirements for a specified CMMC level and is maintaining that status (meaning level and assessment type) across the contract period of performance. This rule will be updated as needed, using the appropriate rulemaking process, to address evolving cybersecurity standards, requirements, threats, and other relevant changes.","document_number":"2024-22905","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/15/2024-22905/cybersecurity-maturity-model-certification-cmmc-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-15/pdf/2024-22905.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22905.pdf?1728650732","publication_date":"2024-10-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"DoD has revised § 170.8(b)(17)(i)(C) in the rule to <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that the “CMMC activities” which former Accreditation Body members are prohibited from include any or all responsibilities described in Subpart C of this rule. \n The rule was updated to indicate that C3PAOs must also meet administrative requirements as determined by the CMMC AB. It was also updated to <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that the term “independent assessor staff” in § 170.8(b)(4) refers to independent CMMC Certified Assessor staff, and to <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> the meaning of the term “members” at § 170.8(b)(17)(i)(B)"},{"title":"Modernizing Suspension and Debarment Rules","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts the Office of Management and Budget's Guidance for Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension, along with agency-specific regulations to allow the agency to further combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and remove bad actors from participation in its support programs. The Commission finds further notice and comment \"unnecessary\" under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for the Commission to adopt the Guidelines (including updates made after the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding), but elect to provide an opportunity for input on that assessment as to three of the Guidelines. A Proposed Rule relating to the Commission's adoption of updated suspension and debarment rules is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.","document_number":"2026-06864","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06864/modernizing-suspension-and-debarment-rules","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-09/pdf/2026-06864.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06864.pdf?1775652316","publication_date":"2026-04-09","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":"it permits suspension or debarment for “habitual non-payment or under-payment of Commission regulatory <span class=\"match\">fees</span> or of required contributions”—is “in tension” with the Guidelines, which permit suspension or debarment for “[f]ailure to pay a single substantial debt, or a number of outstanding debts” only if the “debt is uncontested” or the debtor's “legal and administrative remedies have been exhausted.” But habitual nonpayment or underpayment of <span class=\"match\">fees</span> generally could also qualify as “repeated violations of Commission rules,” permitting exclusion on that"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicaid, Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, drug coverage, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This proposed rule also includes proposals to codify existing subregulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2024-27939","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/10/2024-27939/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-10/pdf/2024-27939.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27939.pdf?1732656194","publication_date":"2024-12-10","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":"month for which the maximum monthly cap is being calculated cannot be higher than the cap for that month. \n (iii) A Part D sponsor must not <span class=\"match\">charge</span> late <span class=\"match\">fees</span>, interest payments, or other <span class=\"match\">fees</span>, such as for different payment mechanisms. \n (A) A Part D sponsor must ensure that— \n \n (\n 1 \n ) Any third party it contracts with complies with such requirements.\n \n \n (\n 2 \n ) Participants do not incur any <span class=\"match\">charges</span> or <span class=\"match\">fees</span> as a result of overbilling or overpayment errors made by the Part D sponsor.\n \n (iv) A Part D sponsor must send a bill for the Medicare Prescription"},{"title":"Guidance for Grants and Agreements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to revise sections of OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements. This proposed revision reflects comments received from Federal agencies and those received in response to the OMB Notice of Request for Information published in the Federal Register in February 2023. In response to Federal agency and public input, OMB is proposing revisions intended in many cases to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB proposes both policy changes and clarifications to existing guidance including plain language revisions. OMB also proposes to update the guidance to reflect recent OMB priorities related to Federal financial assistance. Finally, OMB is proposing revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance.","document_number":"2023-21078","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/05/2023-21078/guidance-for-grants-and-agreements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-05/pdf/2023-21078.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-21078.pdf?1695932372","publication_date":"2023-10-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"excerpts":"defined in 2 CFR 200.1.\n \n \n Recruitment <span class=\"match\">Fee</span> \n means <span class=\"match\">fees</span> of any type, including <span class=\"match\">charges</span>, costs, assessments, or other financial obligations, that are associated with the recruiting process, regardless of the time, manner, or location of imposition or collection of the <span class=\"match\">fee</span>.\n \n (1) Recruitment <span class=\"match\">fees</span> include, but are not limited to, the following <span class=\"match\">fees</span> (when they are associated with the recruiting process) for: \n (i) Advertising; \n (ii) Obtaining permanent or temporary labor certification, including any associated <span class=\"match\">fees</span>; \n (iii) Processing applications and"},{"title":"Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing this final rule to modernize and improve the efficiency of the H-1B program, add benefits and flexibilities, and improve integrity measures. These provisions mainly amend the regulations governing H-1B specialty occupation workers, although some of the provisions narrowly impact other nonimmigrant classifications, including: H-2, H-3, F-1, L-1, O, P, Q-1, R-1, E-3, and TN.","document_number":"2024-29354","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29354/modernizing-h-1b-requirements-providing-flexibility-in-the-f-1-program-and-program-improvements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29354.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29354.pdf?1734443141","publication_date":"2024-12-18","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":"suggestions regarding reducing filing <span class=\"match\">fees</span> and not including beneficiary-owners in the cap, DHS is not adopting these suggestions but notes that the USCIS <span class=\"match\">Fee</span> Schedule Final Rule provided reduced <span class=\"match\">fees</span> for nonprofits and small employers for certain applications and petitions.\n 150 \n \n DHS further notes that Congress—not DHS—sets the annual 85,000 H-1B cap as well as the general parameters for cap exemption. \n See \n INA sec. 214(g)(1), (5).\n \n \n \n 150 \n  \n See \n “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services <span class=\"match\">Fee</span> Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) adopts rules to ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with internet Protocol (IP)- based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must be designed to safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. The rules require entities essential to delivering emergency calls in the NG911 environment to implement common sense measures to safeguard the reliability of NG911 networks and reduce the risk of 911 outages, and require certain entities to report on their support for NG911 interoperability. The rules also eliminate unnecessary and burdensome legacy rules to increase flexibility and encourage technical innovation to make NG911 services reliable, interoperable, and accessible to all.","document_number":"2026-13998","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/10/2026-13998/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-10/pdf/2026-13998.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13998.pdf?1783601118","publication_date":"2026-07-10","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":"network architectures.\n \n \n \n 36 \n  Forty-two states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico reported expenditures on NG911 programs in calendar year 2024. FCC, Seventeenth Annual Report to Congress on State Collection and Distribution of 911 and Enhanced 911 <span class=\"match\">Fees</span> and <span class=\"match\">Charges</span> at 3 (2026), \n https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/17thAnnual911FeeReport-021326.pdf. \n The total amount of reported NG911 expenditures in 2024 was $535,126,846.47. \n Id. \n \n \n Legacy 911 Networks \n \n In 2013, when the Commission adopted the \n 911 Reliability Order"},{"title":"Self-Governance PROGRESS Act Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of the Interior (Department), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, is issuing revisions to the regulations that implement Tribal Self-Governance, as authorized by title IV of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act. This final rule has been negotiated among representatives of Self- Governance and non-Self Governance Tribes and the Department.","document_number":"2024-28302","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/11/2024-28302/self-governance-progress-act-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-11/pdf/2024-28302.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28302.pdf?1733751917","publication_date":"2024-12-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Indian Affairs","name":"Indian Affairs Bureau","id":234,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/indian-affairs-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/234","parent_id":253,"slug":"indian-affairs-bureau"}],"excerpts":"options subpart R (Appeals), updates to how Public Law 102-477 is referenced, and changes to subpart G (Funding Agreements for Non-BIA Programs) related to <span class=\"match\">clarifying</span> CSCs. \n There were also areas where commentors made suggestions to change the proposed rule, citing E.O. 14112, but after review by the Committee those changes were not implemented. This includes proposed changes related to <span class=\"match\">clarifying</span> whether IFFs can be negotiated (§ 1000.695) and requests to add additional sections to subpart K (Construction). The Department acknowledges these comments"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization through new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs). This final rule will also add new measures for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) to report under the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and for MIPS eligible clinicians to report under the Promoting Interoperability performance category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). These policies, taken together, will reduce overall payer and provider burden and improve patient access to health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability in the health care market.","document_number":"2024-00895","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/08/2024-00895/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-advancing-interoperability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-08/pdf/2024-00895.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00895.pdf?1705612517","publication_date":"2024-02-08","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":"require payers to allow providers to use the Provider Access API at no <span class=\"match\">charge</span> and that CMS should monitor and enforce such a requirement against payers who attempt to <span class=\"match\">charge</span> providers a user <span class=\"match\">fee</span> to access the APIs.\n \n \n Response: \n Our goal is to improve care and reduce burden on patients, health care providers, and payers. We also recognize that EHR vendors, providers, and payers have costs of doing business. We strongly encourage EHR vendors to only <span class=\"match\">charge</span> reasonable <span class=\"match\">fees</span> for any initial or periodic system configurations required to access payers'"},{"title":"Increased Amounts of Credit or Deduction for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth final regulations regarding the increased credit amounts or the increased deduction amount available for taxpayers satisfying prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship (collectively, PWA) requirements established by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. These final regulations affect taxpayers intending to satisfy the PWA requirements to be eligible for increased amounts of Federal income tax credits or an increased deduction, including those intending to make elective payment elections for available credit amounts, and those intending to transfer increased credit amounts. These final regulations also affect taxpayers intending to satisfy the prevailing wage requirements to be eligible for increased amounts of those Federal income tax credits that do not have associated apprenticeship requirements. Additionally, these final regulations affect taxpayers who initially fail to satisfy the PWA requirements (or prevailing wage requirements, as applicable) and subsequently comply with the correction and penalty procedures in order to be deemed to satisfy the PWA requirements (or prevailing wage requirements, as applicable). Finally, these final regulations address specific PWA and prevailing wage recordkeeping and reporting requirements.","document_number":"2024-13331","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/25/2024-13331/increased-amounts-of-credit-or-deduction-for-satisfying-certain-prevailing-wage-and-registered","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-25/pdf/2024-13331.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13331.pdf?1718714714","publication_date":"2024-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"}],"excerpts":"R.B. 1085; \n <span class=\"match\">clarified</span> by \n Notice 2013-60, 2013-44 I.R.B. 431; \n <span class=\"match\">clarified</span> and modified by \n Notice 2014-46, 2014-36 I.R.B. 520; \n updated by \n Notice 2015-25, 2015-13 I.R.B. 814; \n <span class=\"match\">clarified</span> and modified by \n Notice 2016-31, 2016-23 I.R.B. 1025; \n updated, <span class=\"match\">clarified</span>, and modified by \n Notice 2017-04, 2017-4 I.R.B. 541; Notice 2018-59, 2018-28 I.R.B. 196; \n modified by \n Notice 2019-43, 2019-31 I.R.B. 487; \n modified by \n Notice 2020-41, 2020-25 I.R.B. 954; \n <span class=\"match\">clarified</span> and modified by \n Notice 2021-5, 2021-3 I.R.B. 479; \n <span class=\"match\">clarified</span> and modified"}]}