{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance hipaa arizonas privacy subsequent'","count":173,"total_pages":9,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+hipaa+arizonas+privacy+subsequent&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (\"Security Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":" Subtitle F of title II of <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> (Pub. L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936 (Aug. 21, 1996)) added a new part C to title XI of the Social Security Act of 1935 (SSA), Public Law 74-271, 49 Stat. 620 (Aug. 14, 1935), (\n see \n sections 1171-1179 of the SSA (codified at 42 U.S.C. 1320d-1320d-8)), as well as promulgating section 264 of <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> (codified at 42 U.S.C. 1320d-2 note), which authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations with respect to the <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> of individually identifiable health information. The <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule has <span class=\"match\">subsequently</span> been amended pursuant"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposals are intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry. We are proposing 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), including issuers that offer small group market QHPs on the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF- SHOP) Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as \"small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs\") (collectively \"impacted payers\"), to make available electronic prior authorization for drugs. We are also proposing to extend many existing interoperability requirements for the prior authorization of non-drug items and services to include prior authorizations for drugs to further reduce patient and provider burden. We are also proposing to require impacted payers to report their application programming interfaces (API) endpoints and related information for the Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs to CMS. To help assess the impact of our policies, we are proposing to collect API usage metrics. In addition, we are proposing to apply the existing interoperability requirements to small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs as impacted payers. To improve impacted payers' ability to exchange health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability, we are proposing to require certain Health Level Seven (HL7[supreg]) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR[supreg]) implementation guides (IGs) that are currently recommended. In addition, HHS is proposing to adopt the HL7 FHIR base standard and certain associated specifications and IGs as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as \"HIPAA\") (Pub. L. 104-191, enacted Aug. 21, 1996) standards for dental, professional, and institutional \"referral certification and authorization\" transactions and \"eligibility for a health plan\" transactions associated with prior authorization. We are proposing to add a definition for \"failure to report,\" which would allow CMS to impose a civil monetary penalty (CMP) on applicable manufacturers or applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) if those entities fail to grant CMS timely access to documents for the purposes of an audit. Finally, ONC is using this rulemaking to propose to adopt updated versions of certain health information technology (health IT) standards and specifications for HHS use, such as CMS's interoperability requirements, to support a more robust health IT infrastructure.","document_number":"2026-07205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07205.pdf?1775852111","publication_date":"2026-04-14","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":"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":"final rule was finalized and today, the existing <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> standard for prior authorization transactions is the X12N 278 transaction standard. We finalized the exemption process with the understanding that a <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span>-compliant X12N 278 transaction standard would be an acceptable alternative to meet that requirement. However, if HHS's <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> proposals in section II.H. are finalized, that standard would no longer be <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span>-compliant as of the finalized <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date.\n \n \n Because the purpose of the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> Administrative Simplification provisions is to ensure"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice announces a 6-year model focused on reducing fraud, waste (including low-value care), and abuse in Medicare fee-for- service (FFS) via the implementation of technology-enabled prior authorization processes for select services.","document_number":"2025-12195","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12195/medicare-program-implementation-of-prior-authorization-for-select-services-for-the-wasteful-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12195.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12195.pdf?1751055328","publication_date":"2025-07-01","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":"documented through valid business associate agreements (BAA) that comply with the requirements of the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule (see 45 CFR 164.502(e) and 164.504(e)). Currently, MACs also function as business associates to CMS's Medicare FFS health plan. CMS will develop the WISeR model's data sharing policies in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> Rules and all relevant <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> guidance applicable to the use and disclosure of PHI, as well as CMS's overarching <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> and security framework, and other applicable federal laws and regulations.\n \n \n Additional information"},{"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":"receive a response with no data if they do so.\n \n j. Interaction With <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span>, Security, and Administrative Transaction Rules \n \n Under our policies, all data shared and received via the Provider Access API must be handled in a way that is consistent with all applicable laws and regulations. Payers and health care providers that are covered entities under the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> Rules \n 46 \n \n are subject to the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> and Security Rules.\n 47 \n \n Adherence to both the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> and Security Rules helps to ensure that the covered entity disclosing"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is issuing this final rule regarding section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (section 1557). Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs and activities. Section 1557(c) of the ACA authorizes the Secretary of the Department to promulgate regulations to implement the nondiscrimination requirements of section 1557. The Department is also revising its interpretation regarding whether Medicare Part B constitutes Federal financial assistance for purposes of civil rights enforcement. Additionally, the Department is revising provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) governing Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE); health insurance issuers and their officials, employees, agents, and representatives; States and the Exchanges carrying out Exchange requirements; agents, brokers, or web-brokers that assist with or facilitate enrollment of qualified individuals, qualified employers, or qualified employees; issuers providing essential health benefits (EHB); and qualified health plan issuers.","document_number":"2024-08711","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/06/2024-08711/nondiscrimination-in-health-programs-and-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-06/pdf/2024-08711.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08711.pdf?1714162519","publication_date":"2024-05-06","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"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"the information or where such information is contained in medical records. Indeed, <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> was enacted to protect such sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge. Separately, OCR is considering revisions to the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule to strengthen <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> protections for individuals' protected health information related to reproductive health care. \n See <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span>, \n notice of proposed rulemaking, 88 FR 23506 (Apr. 17, 2023).\n \n \n Comment: \n Other"},{"title":"Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information (Regulation V)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing a final rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), concerning medical information. The FCRA prohibits creditors from considering medical information in credit eligibility determinations. The CFPB is removing a regulatory exception that had permitted creditors to obtain and use information on medical debts notwithstanding this statutory limitation. The final rule also provides that a consumer reporting agency generally may not furnish to a creditor a consumer report containing information on medical debt that the creditor is prohibited from using.","document_number":"2024-30824","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2024-30824/prohibition-on-creditors-and-consumer-reporting-agencies-concerning-medical-information-regulation-v","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2024-30824.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30824.pdf?1736775917","publication_date":"2025-01-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"information. These commenters stated that current <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> protections are sufficient and that the CFPB had not considered or presented evidence of inappropriate practices by lenders under the current rule that warrant the change in policy. Commenters also stated that the FCRA does not delegate the power to change <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> protections to the CFPB; that the proposal might increase <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> risks, because it may require handling of medical information across more entities; and that consumers would have less <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> because of a likely increase in debt collection"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Rates; Changes to the FY 2025 IPPS Rates Due to Court Decision; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes; Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Electronic Prescribing, Real-Time Prescription Benefit and Electronic Prior Authorization","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); updates and makes changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and makes other policy- related changes. We are also finalizing the provisions of the interim final action with comment period regarding the changes to the FY 2025 IPPS rates due to the court decision in Bridgeport Hosp. v. Becerra. Lastly, it finalizes certain updates to the ONC Health Information Technology (IT) Certification Program.","document_number":"2025-14681","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/04/2025-14681/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-ipps-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-04/pdf/2025-14681.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14681.pdf?1753992911","publication_date":"2025-08-04","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":"reconsideration if they believe that the finding of non-<span class=\"match\">compliance</span> is erroneous, or if they were non-compliant, they have a valid and justifiable excuse for this non-<span class=\"match\">compliance</span> (78 FR 50886). We further stated that, after we review the request for reconsideration, we may reverse our initial finding of non-<span class=\"match\">compliance</span> if: (1) the LTCH provides proof of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with all requirements during the reporting period; or (2) the LTCH provides adequate proof of a valid or justifiable excuse for non-<span class=\"match\">compliance</span> if the LTCH was not able to comply with requirements"},{"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":"beneficiary <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> protections and enforcing robust safeguards through data sharing agreements and <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> and security requirements with expanded data sharing to ensure confidentiality and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with applicable Federal laws. A couple of commenters called for additional <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> protections, de-identification standards, and controlled-access environments.\n \n \n Response: \n As noted in the proposed rule, CMS will maintain existing guardrails that protect beneficiary information in accordance with applicable Federal laws such as the <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Act of"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) interprets and implements the community engagement requirement in Medicaid under section 1902(xx) of the Social Security Act. States are required to implement the new requirement no later than January 1, 2027. This IFC specifies the requirements and expectations for States, including the Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries who must demonstrate community engagement as a condition of their eligibility, the types of qualifying activities that satisfy the community engagement requirement, the criteria to meet an exception from the requirement (that is, be deemed compliant), and the criteria to meet a specified exclusion from the requirement. It also specifies requirements for verification of qualifying activities, outreach to affected populations, steps States must take if they determine individuals are noncompliant, and additional operational considerations for States. Finally, this IFC specifies implementation timing and establishes new State reporting requirements.","document_number":"2026-11094","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11094/medicaid-program-community-engagement-requirement-for-certain-individuals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11094.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf?1780346707","publication_date":"2026-06-03","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":"income for the 6 months preceding the month being assessed for <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>. Thus, if a seasonal worker who is an applicable individual has a review period that spans from July through December, the average income from January to June is used to assess <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> in July, from February to July to assess <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> in August, from March to August to assess <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> in September, etc. The State will continue assessing each month in the review period until the State either verifies <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> for the required number of months (including verifying if the"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; HH Quality Reporting Program Requirements; HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model Requirements; Home Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Items and Services Rate Update; and Other Medicare Policies","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates; the payment rate for the disposable negative pressure wound therapy (dNPWT) devices; and the intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) items and services payment rate for CY 2025 in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, it finalizes changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) requirements and provides an update on potential approaches for integrating health equity in the Expanded Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. It also finalizes a new standard for an acceptance-to-service policy in the HH conditions of participation (CoPs). Lastly, it updates provider and supplier enrollment requirements and changes to the long-term care reporting requirements for acute respiratory illnesses.","document_number":"2024-25441","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-25441/medicare-program-calendar-year-cy-2025-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate-update-hh","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-25441.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25441.pdf?1730492128","publication_date":"2024-11-07","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":"payment policy.\n \n \n Comment: \n Another commenter expressed concern about the implications for patient <span class=\"match\">privacy</span>, particularly for patient care funded by non-government payers.\n \n \n Response: \n CMS acknowledges <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> concerns with the implementation of the all-payer data collection and submission. Data security and patient <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> are priorities for CMS. CMS intends to follow all Federal guidelines related to data security and patient <span class=\"match\">privacy</span>.\n \n \n Comment: \n Commenters who opposed the proposal most often raised the issue of the burden of implementing"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2026 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital- related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); update and make changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and make other policy-related changes.","document_number":"2025-06271","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/30/2025-06271/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-30/pdf/2025-06271.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06271.pdf?1744402510","publication_date":"2025-04-30","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":"Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy \n April 2020 and <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> years. \n \n \n • COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Personnel \n October 2022 and <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> years. \n \n \n • CAUTI * (CBE #0138) \n October 2022 and <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> years. \n \n \n • CLABSI* (CBE #0139). \n \n \n • 30-day Unplanned Readmissions for Cancer Patients (CBE #3188) \n October 2023 and <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> years. \n \n \n • Proportion of Patients Who Died from Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy in the Last 14 Days of Life (CBE #0210) \n July 2024 and <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> years. \n \n \n • Proportion of Patients Who Died"},{"title":"Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA), as amended, requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to promulgate regulations implementing the statute's covered cyber incident and ransom payment reporting requirements for covered entities. CISA seeks comment on the proposed rule to implement CIRCIA's requirements and on several practical and policy issues related to the implementation of these new reporting requirements.","document_number":"2024-06526","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/04/2024-06526/cyber-incident-reporting-for-critical-infrastructure-act-circia-reporting-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-04/pdf/2024-06526.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06526.pdf?1711543528","publication_date":"2024-04-04","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":"for retention, use, and dissemination of personal information for mitigation and protection against cybersecurity threats and appropriately protect <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> and civil liberties of individuals. CISA proposes to conduct periodic <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> reviews after the initial review. The CISA Chief <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Officer will also conduct an initial review of CISA's <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the guidance after one year and <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> periodic reviews not less than every three (3) years. Where reviews result in a change needed to the guidance, CISA would publish updated guidance"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program for Contract Year 2024-Remaining Provisions and Contract Year 2025 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 (PACE)","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), 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, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas. This final rule also codifies existing sub-regulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2024-07105","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/23/2024-07105/medicare-program-changes-to-the-medicare-advantage-and-the-medicare-prescription-drug-benefit","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-23/pdf/2024-07105.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07105.pdf?1712265021","publication_date":"2024-04-23","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":"140 \n  Pew Research Center, \n How Americans View Data <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span>: Views of data <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> risks, personal data and digital <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> laws. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/10/18/views-of-data-<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-risks-personal-data-and-digital-<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-laws/ \n .\n \n \n \n \n 141 \n  Pew Research Center, \n How Americans View Data <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span>: Views of data <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> risks, personal data and digital <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> laws. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/10/18/views-of-data-<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-risks-personal-data-and-digital-<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-laws/ \n .\n \n \n \n \n 142 \n  Federal Communications Commission"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2025 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; Health Information Technology Standards and Implementation Specifications","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), 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, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas. This proposed rule also includes proposals to codify existing sub-regulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2023-24118","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/15/2023-24118/medicare-program-contract-year-2025-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare-advantage-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-15/pdf/2023-24118.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24118.pdf?1699305440","publication_date":"2023-11-15","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":"organization's oversight <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> program, we require at § 460.63 that PACE organizations adopt and implement effective oversight requirements, which include measures that prevent, detect and correct non-<span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with CMS's program requirements. A PACE organization's oversight <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> program must, at a minimum, include establishment and implementation of procedures and a system for promptly responding to <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> issues as they are raised. In addition, <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> oversight programs must ensure ongoing <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with CMS requirements. "},{"title":"Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses","type":"Rule","abstract":"OSHA is amending its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation to require certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA that employers are already required to keep under the recordkeeping regulation. Specifically, OSHA is amending its regulation to require establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to OSHA once a year. OSHA will not collect employee names or addresses, names of health care professionals, or names and addresses of facilities where treatment was provided if treatment was provided away from the worksite from the Forms 300 and 301. Establishments with 20 to 249 employees in certain industries will continue to be required to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A annual summary to OSHA once a year. All establishments with 250 or more employees that are required to keep records under OSHA's injury and illness regulation will also continue to be required to electronically submit information from their Form 300A to OSHA on an annual basis. OSHA is also updating the NAICS codes used in appendix A, which designates the industries required to submit their Form 300A data, and is adding appendix B, which designates the industries required to submit Form 300 and Form 301 data. In addition, establishments will be required to include their company name when making electronic submissions to OSHA. OSHA intends to post some of the data from the annual electronic submissions on a public website after identifying and removing information that could reasonably be expected to identify individuals directly, such as individuals' names and contact information.","document_number":"2023-15091","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/21/2023-15091/improve-tracking-of-workplace-injuries-and-illnesses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-07-21/pdf/2023-15091.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-15091.pdf?1689597917","publication_date":"2023-07-21","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":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"}],"excerpts":"(Docket IDs 0007, 0013). But as explained below, <span class=\"match\">HIPAA's</span> implementing regulations specifically allow employers to release workplace injury and illness data to OSHA.\n \n The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implements <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> through regulations at 45 CFR parts 160 and 164, known as the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> “<span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule.” The <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule protects the <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> of individually identifiable health information (referred to as “protected health information” or “PHI”) maintained or transmitted by <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span>-covered entities and their business associates. The"},{"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":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to prescription drug coverage, the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), Part C and D Star Ratings, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This final rule also codifies existing sub-regulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2025-06008","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/15/2025-06008/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-15/pdf/2025-06008.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06008.pdf?1743797708","publication_date":"2025-04-15","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":"individual cannot be precluded from opting into the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan in a <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> year by that different Part D plan sponsor. We also stated that preclusion may extend beyond the immediate <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> plan year if a Part D enrollee remains in a plan offered by the same Part D plan sponsor and continues to owe an overdue balance. For 2026 and <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> years, we proposed to codify requirements related to preclusion of election in a <span class=\"match\">subsequent</span> plan year at § 423.137(f)(4). \n We proposed to prohibit Part D enrollment penalties for"},{"title":"Ophthalmic Practice Rules (Eyeglass Rule)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"FTC\" or \"Commission\") proposes to amend the Ophthalmic Practice Rules (\"Eyeglass Rule \" or \"Rule\") to require that prescribers obtain a signed confirmation after releasing an eyeglass prescription to a patient, and maintain each such confirmation for a period of not less than three years. The Commission also proposes to permit prescribers to comply with automatic prescription release via electronic delivery in certain circumstances. The Commission further proposes a clarification that the presentation of proof of insurance coverage shall be deemed to be a payment for the purpose of determining when a prescription must be provided. Finally, the Commission proposes to amend the term \"eye examination\" to \"refractive eye examination\" throughout the Rule. The Commission seeks comment on these proposals.","document_number":"2022-27828","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/03/2022-27828/ophthalmic-practice-rules-eyeglass-rule","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-03/pdf/2022-27828.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-27828.pdf?1672407916","publication_date":"2023-01-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"telephone.\n 299 \n \n \n \n \n 295 \n  The <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule right of access requires a covered prescriber to provide, upon patient request, a copy of a prescription to the patient or to another person or entity she designates. 45 CFR 164.524(c)(3); \n see also \n U.S. Dep't Health &amp; Human Servs., Health Information <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span>, FAQs, “Individuals' Right under <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> to Access their Health Information 45 CFR 164.524,” \n http://www.hhs.gov/<span class=\"match\">hipaa</span>/for-professionals/<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>/guidance/access/. \n HHS has proposed modifying the <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule to clarify that an individual's"},{"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":"potential enrollee <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> issues. However, out of an abundance of caution, CMS is considering whether to include a provision to allow suppression of certain data points should disaggregation present an issue regarding enrollee <span class=\"match\">privacy</span>. For example, if reporting by each covered item and service would result in such a small data set that it could put enrollee <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> at risk, an MA plan would be permitted to suppress that data set. CMS solicits feedback on whether cell suppression is necessary in order to ensure that enrollee <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> is protected and"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Education (Department) amends the regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The purpose of these amendments is to better align the Title IX regulatory requirements with Title IX's nondiscrimination mandate. These amendments clarify the scope and application of Title IX and the obligations of recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department, including elementary schools, secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, and other recipients (referred to below as \"recipients\" or \"schools\") to provide an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including through responding to incidents of sex discrimination. These final regulations will enable all recipients to meet their obligations to comply with Title IX while providing them with appropriate discretion and flexibility to account for variations in school size, student populations, and administrative structures.","document_number":"2024-07915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-07915/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-07915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07915.pdf?1713530716","publication_date":"2024-04-29","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":"The Department's Student <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Policy Office (SPPO) administers FERPA. SPPO has issued guidance regarding parents' rights under FERPA. \n See, e.g., \n U.S. Dep't of Educ., Student <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Policy Office, A Parent Guide to the Family Educational Rights and <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Act (FERPA) (July 2021), \n https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/resources/parent-guide-family-educational-rights-and-<span class=\"match\">privacy</span>-act-ferpa. \n SPPO has also issued guidance regarding eligible students' rights under FERPA. \n See, e.g., \n U.S. Dep't of Educ., Student <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Policy Office, An Eligible"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule takes a comprehensive approach to improving access to care, quality and health outcomes, and better addressing health equity issues in the Medicaid program across fee-for-service (FFS), managed care delivery systems, and in home and community-based services (HCBS) programs. These improvements increase transparency and accountability, standardize data and monitoring, and create opportunities for States to promote active beneficiary engagement in their Medicaid programs, with the goal of improving access to care.","document_number":"2024-08363","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/10/2024-08363/medicaid-program-ensuring-access-to-medicaid-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-10/pdf/2024-08363.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08363.pdf?1714143731","publication_date":"2024-05-10","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":"number of requirements of the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule may apply to the obtaining and sharing of beneficiaries' information, we are finalizing § 441.301(c)(7)(iii)(C)(5) with a modification to change the citation of 45 CFR 164.510(b) to a broader reference to the <span class=\"match\">HIPAA</span> <span class=\"match\">Privacy</span> Rule (45 CFR part 160 and part 164 subparts A and E).\n \n \n Finally, we also note that individuals who believe their health information <span class=\"match\">privacy</span> has been violated may file a complaint with the HHS Office for Civil Rights at \n https://www.hhs.gov/<span class=\"match\">hipaa</span>/filing-a-complaint/index.html"}]}