{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance industry trends increase transparency'","count":2910,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+industry+trends+increase+transparency&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Transparency in Coverage","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposed rules set forth proposed requirements that would amend the regulations under the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code regarding price transparency reporting requirements for non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group and individual health insurance coverage. Specifically, these proposed rules would improve the standardization, accuracy, and accessibility of public pricing disclosures in line with the goals of the Executive Order 14221. With respect to the in-network rate and out-of-network allowed amount machine-readable files, these proposed rules would achieve these goals by adding new contextual files and additional data elements like product type, network name, and enrollment counts; changing the reporting level for aggregation of data; removing in-network rates for unlikely provider-to-service mappings; increasing the reporting period and lowering the claims threshold for out-of-network historical data; and reducing the reporting cadence. These proposed rules would also improve the findability of all of the publicly disclosed machine- readable files required under the Transparency in Coverage rules, including the prescription drug file, by requiring a text file and footer with website URLs and contact information for the files. These proposed rules would also require pricing information that is made available through an online consumer tool and paper (upon request), to also be made available by phone, and establish that the satisfaction of such requirement also satisfies the requirements of section 114 of the No Surprises Act (including for grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering grandfathered group and individual health insurance coverage that are not otherwise subject to these proposed rules).","document_number":"2025-23693","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23693/transparency-in-coverage","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-23/pdf/2025-23693.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23693.pdf?1766178909","publication_date":"2025-12-23","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"},{"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":"price <span class=\"match\">transparency</span>, but at what cost?, \n Modern Healthcare (June 2015), \n https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150623/NEWS/150629957/consumers-demand-price-<span class=\"match\">transparency</span>-but-at-what-cost. \n \n \n \n \n 189 \n  Christopher Cheney, \n Cost estimation drives huge <span class=\"match\">increase</span> in POS collections, \n HealthLeaders (Feb. 1, 2018), \n https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/cost-estimation-drives-huge-<span class=\"match\">increase</span>-pos-collections. \n \n \n \n \n 190 \n  Sze-jung Wu, Gosia Sylwestrzak, Christine Shah, &amp; Andrea DeVries, \n Price <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> for MRIs <span class=\"match\">increased</span> use of"},{"title":"Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing a regulation that would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). These disclosures are needed so that fiduciaries can assess the reasonableness of the contracts or arrangements with these service providers, including the reasonableness of the service providers' compensation. These disclosure requirements would apply for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. This proposal implements section 12 of President Trump's Executive Order 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First, which instructs the Department to propose regulations to improve employer health plan transparency into the direct and indirect compensation received by pharmacy benefit managers. If finalized, this regulation would affect sponsors and other fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans and certain service providers to such plans.","document_number":"2026-01907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01907/improving-transparency-into-pharmacy-benefit-manager-fee-disclosure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01907.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"been an <span class=\"match\">increasing</span> concern for the U.S. health-care system in recent years. Between January 2022 and January 2023, nearly 5,900 prescription drug products in the National Drug Code Directory reported a price change. More than 70 percent (4,300) of these products experienced an <span class=\"match\">increase</span> in their manufacturer list price, and 46 percent (2,000) of those price <span class=\"match\">increases</span> exceeded the rate of inflation. While the annual average rate of price <span class=\"match\">increases</span> was 20.1 percent for 2017 to 2018 compared to 15.2 percent for 2022 to 2023, the average <span class=\"match\">increase</span> was only"},{"title":"Transparency in Property Broker Transactions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"FMCSA proposes amendments to its property broker rules in response to petitions for rulemaking from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and the Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC). Under current regulations, the parties to a brokered freight transaction have a right to review the broker's record of the transaction, which stakeholders often refer to as \"broker transparency.\" Contracts between brokers and motor carriers frequently contain waivers of this right. OOIDA requested that FMCSA promulgate a requirement that property brokers provide an electronic copy of each transaction record automatically within 48 hours after the contractual service has been completed, and explicitly prohibit brokers from including any provision in their contracts that requires a motor carrier to waive its rights to access the transaction records. SBTC requested that FMCSA prohibit brokers of property from coercing or requiring parties to brokers' transactions to waive their right to review the record of the transaction as a condition for doing business and prohibit the use of clause(s) exempting the broker from having to comply with this transparency requirement. Though the proposed rule is responsive to the petitions in reinforcing the broker transparency requirement, the proposed provisions differ from those requested by OOIDA and SBTC. The proposed rule would revise the regulatory text to make clear that brokers have a regulatory obligation to provide transaction records to the transacting parties on request. The proposal would also make changes to the format and content of the records.","document_number":"2024-27115","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/20/2024-27115/transparency-in-property-broker-transactions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-20/pdf/2024-27115.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27115.pdf?1732023949","publication_date":"2024-11-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"exclude <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> waiver provisions from contracts and, if they exercise their right to view the transaction records, brokers will select other motor carriers to work with and refuse to do business with them in the future. \n Many comments from motor carriers support the broker <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> proposals in the petitions as a remedy for the issues they raised. Some comments state that <span class=\"match\">increased</span> broker <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> would allow motor carriers to negotiate higher rates. Many comments simply supported broker <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> as a means for <span class=\"match\">increasing</span> carrier"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will update and revise the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model for Performance Year (PY) 2. This final rule also includes a technical correction to the regulatory text.","document_number":"2026-10890","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/01/2026-10890/medicare-program-alternative-payment-model-updates-and-the-increasing-organ-transplant-access-iota","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-01/pdf/2026-10890.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10890.pdf?1779999311","publication_date":"2026-06-01","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":"outcomes for patients and <span class=\"match\">increases</span> the burden on Medicare in terms of payments for dialysis and dialysis-based enrollment in the program. In section V. of this final rule, we set forth a detailed analysis of the impacts that the proposed changes will have on the IOTA participants and beneficiaries. We estimate that as a result of the finalized changes to the IOTA Model, net Federal savings will <span class=\"match\">increase</span> by $60 million. \n II. Changes to the <span class=\"match\">Increasing</span> Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model \n A. Background \n 1. Purpose \n The <span class=\"match\">Increasing</span> Organ Transplant Access"},{"title":"Order No. 917; Filing Process and Data Collection for the Electric Quarterly Report","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopts eXtensible Business Reporting Language-Comma-Separated Values as the standard for filing the Electric Quarterly Report (EQR). In addition, the Commission amends its regulations to require Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators to produce reports containing market participant transaction data. The Commission also modifies and clarifies EQR reporting requirements. These changes are designed to update the data collection, improve data quality, increase market transparency, decrease the costs, over time, of preparing the necessary data for submission, and streamline compliance with any future changes to the filing requirements.","document_number":"2026-05709","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05709/order-no-917-filing-process-and-data-collection-for-the-electric-quarterly-report","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-24/pdf/2026-05709.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05709.pdf?1774269913","publication_date":"2026-03-24","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":"produce reports containing market participant transaction data. The Commission also modifies and clarifies EQR reporting requirements. These changes are designed to update the data collection, improve data quality, <span class=\"match\">increase</span> market <span class=\"match\">transparency</span>, decrease the costs, over time, of preparing the necessary data for submission, and streamline <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with any future changes to the filing requirements. \n \n \n DATES: \n This rule is effective May 26, 2026. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Marina Fishbein (Technical Information), Office of Enforcement"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would update and revise the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model for Performance Year (PY) 2.","document_number":"2025-22543","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/11/2025-22543/medicare-program-alternative-payment-model-updates-and-the-increasing-organ-transplant-access-iota","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-11/pdf/2025-22543.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22543.pdf?1765314907","publication_date":"2025-12-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"section.\n \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n \n CMMItransplant@cms.hhs.gov, \n for questions related to the <span class=\"match\">Increasing</span> Organ Transplant Access Model.\n \n Thomas Duvall, (410) 786-8887, for questions related to the <span class=\"match\">Increasing</span> Organ Transplant Access Model. \n Christina McCormick, (410) 786-4012, for questions related to the <span class=\"match\">Increasing</span> Organ Transplant Access Model. \n Lina Gebremariam, (410) 786-8893, for questions related to the <span class=\"match\">Increasing</span> Organ Transplant Access Model. \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n \n Inspection of Public Comments: \n All"},{"title":"Enhanced Transparency and Public Accountability of the Supervisory Stress Test Models and Scenarios; Modifications to the Capital Planning and Stress Capital Buffer Requirement Rule, Enhanced Prudential Standards Rule, and Regulation LL","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Board is inviting public comment on the models used to conduct the Board's supervisory stress test, changes to those models to be implemented in the 2026 stress test, and proposed changes to enhance the transparency and public accountability of the Board's stress testing framework (the proposal). The proposal would amend the Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, including to implement guides for additional scenario variables, and the Stress Testing Policy Statement. The proposal would also codify an enhanced disclosure process under which the Board would annually publish comprehensive documentation on the stress test models, invite public comment on any material changes that the Board seeks to make to those models, and annually publish the stress test scenarios for comment. Lastly, the proposal would make changes to the FR Y-14A/Q/M to remove items that are no longer needed to conduct the supervisory stress test and to collect additional data to support the stress test models and improve risk capture.","document_number":"2025-20211","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/18/2025-20211/enhanced-transparency-and-public-accountability-of-the-supervisory-stress-test-models-and-scenarios","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-18/pdf/2025-20211.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20211.pdf?1763387141","publication_date":"2025-11-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"}],"excerpts":"opportunity to comment on the models and scenarios. While the Board has <span class=\"match\">increased</span> the <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> of the stress test models over time, disclosing additional information about the stress test models and their underlying methodologies will further <span class=\"match\">increase</span> <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> and improve public accountability. \n \n Publishing detailed descriptions of the stress test models for comment, as well as committing to future enhanced disclosures, has benefits. First, the <span class=\"match\">increase</span> in <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> would <span class=\"match\">increase</span> public accountability and instill confidence in the fairness of"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings; and Hospital Price Transparency","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2026 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We also describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment systems. This proposed rule would also update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, and hospitals to make public their standard charge information and enforcement of hospital price transparency. This rule also contains requests for information on measure concepts regarding Well-Being and Nutrition for consideration in future years for all three programs (OQR, REHQR, and ASCQR; expanding the method to control for unnecessary increases in the volume of covered OPD services to on- campus clinic visits; software as a service; and adjusting payment under the OPPS for services predominately performed in the ambulatory surgical center or physician office settings.","document_number":"2025-13360","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/17/2025-13360/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-17/pdf/2025-13360.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13360.pdf?1752610509","publication_date":"2025-07-17","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":"each cancer hospital.\n \n d. Impacts of the OPD Fee Schedule <span class=\"match\">Increase</span> Factor \n For the CY 2026 OPPS/ASC, we are establishing an OPD fee schedule <span class=\"match\">increase</span> factor of 2.4 percent and applying that <span class=\"match\">increase</span> factor to the conversion factor for CY 2025. As a result of the OPD fee schedule <span class=\"match\">increase</span> factor and other budget neutrality adjustments, we estimate that urban hospitals would experience an <span class=\"match\">increase</span> in payments of approximately 2.6 percent and that rural hospitals would experience an <span class=\"match\">increase</span> in payments of 2.5 percent. Classifying hospitals by teaching"},{"title":"Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is requesting comment on proposed revisions to the Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System (UFIRS), commonly referred to as the CAMELS rating system. The proposal would strengthen the link between CAMELS ratings and a financial institution's safety and soundness by focusing component and composite ratings on factors that materially affect an institution's financial condition and risk profile, and by improving the transparency of CAMELS ratings.","document_number":"2026-09944","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-09944/uniform-financial-institutions-rating-system","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-09944.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09944.pdf?1779108307","publication_date":"2026-05-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL","name":"Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council","id":168,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-financial-institutions-examination-council","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/168","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-financial-institutions-examination-council"}],"excerpts":"aspect of its overall safety and soundness and its supervisory ratings. <span class=\"match\">Increasing</span> the specificity of component evaluation factors related to risk management would help to ensure that risk management factors that are most impactful to financial condition and risk profile are accurately reflected in the CAMELS ratings. The proposed changes would also clarify for financial institutions what specific risk management practices are relevant to each component, thereby <span class=\"match\">increasing</span> <span class=\"match\">transparency</span>. \n F. Clarifying Evaluation Factors \n The current UFIRS framework"},{"title":"Regulation NMS: Minimum Pricing Increments, Access Fees, and Transparency of Better Priced Orders","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\" or \"SEC\") is adopting amendments to certain rules of Regulation National Market System (\"Regulation NMS\") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (\"Exchange Act\") to amend the minimum pricing increments for the quoting of certain NMS stocks, reduce the access fee caps, and enhance the transparency of better priced orders.","document_number":"2024-21867","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/08/2024-21867/regulation-nms-minimum-pricing-increments-access-fees-and-transparency-of-better-priced-orders","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-08/pdf/2024-21867.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-21867.pdf?1728305119","publication_date":"2024-10-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"on Rule 612 to have CAT LLC engage in its own analysis of the potential costs.\n \n \n \n 241 \n  \n See \n FIF Letter at 10 (“FIF members are concerned that <span class=\"match\">increased</span> message traffic could significantly <span class=\"match\">increase</span> the costs for the operation of the CAT system as <span class=\"match\">increased</span> quote volumes (including <span class=\"match\">increased</span> frequency of quote updates) would <span class=\"match\">increase</span> the number of CAT-reportable events. 100% of these <span class=\"match\">increased</span> CAT costs would be charged to broker-dealers and exchanges. The operating expenses for CAT were $84.5 million for 2020 and $146.5 million for 2021. CAT"},{"title":"Uniform Allowances","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a direct final rule to raise the maximum annual uniform allowance and the maximum allowable cost payable by the agency for furnishing uniforms from $800 to $1,500, amend the purpose of the subpart and the definition of \"uniform,\" and ensure agencies maintain policies for administering uniform allowance programs. This document also provides guidance on appropriate and inappropriate uses of the allowance, distinguishes uniforms from personal protective equipment, and makes technical edits to improve transparency, accountability, and usability.","document_number":"2026-07245","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07245/uniform-allowances","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07245.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07245.pdf?1776084325","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"congestion and reduced labor supply were major drivers of inflation during and after the pandemic (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024). <span class=\"match\">Industry</span> analysis indicates that apparel brands are facing rising labor costs and are diversifying production locations to manage these <span class=\"match\">increases</span>. (\n Just Style, \n 2024) Academic research further shows that the apparel <span class=\"match\">industry</span> has experienced accelerated <span class=\"match\">trends</span> in automation, digitalization, and market concentration post-COVID, all of which have added to cost pressures. (\n Cornell Chronicle, \n 2021) These"},{"title":"Color Additive Certification; Increase in Fees for Certification Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration is amending the regulation setting fees for color additive certification services to increase these fees. This increase will allow FDA to continue to provide, maintain, and equip an adequate color additive certification program as required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).","document_number":"2024-25974","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/08/2024-25974/color-additive-certification-increase-in-fees-for-certification-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-08/pdf/2024-25974.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25974.pdf?1730987217","publication_date":"2024-11-08","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":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"fees <span class=\"match\">increase</span> was almost 20 years ago. Given the current funding shortfall, the <span class=\"match\">increase</span> is necessary to sustain and maintain an adequate color additive certification program. \n (Comment 5) One comment that opposed the proposed fee <span class=\"match\">increase</span> argued that the proposed rule does not “explain or identify with any specificity where <span class=\"match\">increases</span> in operating costs” may warrant the <span class=\"match\">increase</span>. \n (Response 5) We disagree with this assertion. In the proposed rule, we stated “since 2005, the costs of the certification program have significantly <span class=\"match\">increased</span> because"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2026 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We also describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment systems. In addition, this final rule with comment period announces the closure of a teaching hospital and the opportunity to apply for available slots, and updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, and hospitals to make public their standard charge information and enforcement of hospital price transparency, as well as summarizes comments received in response to a request for information on measure concepts regarding Well-Being and Nutrition for consideration in future years for the OQR, REHQR, and ASCQR programs.","document_number":"2025-20907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20907/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20907.pdf?1763759710","publication_date":"2025-11-25","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":"each cancer hospital.\n \n d. Impacts of the OPD Fee Schedule <span class=\"match\">Increase</span> Factor \n For the CY 2026 OPPS/ASC, we are establishing an OPD fee schedule <span class=\"match\">increase</span> factor of 2.6 percent and applying that <span class=\"match\">increase</span> factor to the conversion factor for CY 2025. As a result of the OPD fee schedule <span class=\"match\">increase</span> factor and other budget neutrality adjustments, we estimate that urban hospitals will experience an <span class=\"match\">increase</span> in payments of approximately 2.8 percent and that rural hospitals will experience an <span class=\"match\">increase</span> in payments of 2.4 percent. Classifying hospitals by teaching"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule describes a new mandatory alternative payment model, the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (IOTA Model), that will test whether performance-based upside risk payments or downside risk payments paid to or owed by participating kidney transplant hospitals increase access to kidney transplants for patients with end- stage renal disease (ESRD) while preserving or enhancing the quality of care and reducing Medicare expenditures. This final rule also adopts standard provisions that will apply to the Radiation Oncology Model, the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices Model, and mandatory Innovation Center models, including the IOTA Model, whose first performance period begins on or after January 1, 2025. The finalized standard provisions relate to beneficiary protections; cooperation in model evaluation and monitoring; audits and records retention; rights in data and intellectual property; monitoring and compliance; remedial action; model termination by CMS; limitations on review; miscellaneous provisions on bankruptcy and other notifications; and the reconsideration review process.","document_number":"2024-27841","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27841/medicare-program-alternative-payment-model-updates-and-the-increasing-organ-transplant-access-iota","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-04/pdf/2024-27841.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27841.pdf?1732655723","publication_date":"2024-12-04","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"}],"excerpts":"for purposes of the model test. \n We believe the IOTA Model will complement other efforts in relation to the transplant ecosystem to enhance health and safety outcomes, <span class=\"match\">increase</span> <span class=\"match\">transparency</span>, <span class=\"match\">increase</span> the number of transplants, and reduce disparities. We also believe that the payment methodology will act in concert with efforts that are currently under development by HRSA to <span class=\"match\">increase</span> the numbers of both deceased and living donor organ transplants. \n \n This model falls within a larger framework of activities initiated by the Federal Government during"},{"title":"Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department) publishes this combined final rule to its regulations to improve its LM Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports by establishing a longer LM form for the largest labor organizations (Form LM-2 Long Form), revising a slightly shorter form for most labor organizations at and above the $350,000 threshold (Form LM-2), making a parallel revision to Form LM-3, and updating reporting thresholds for Forms LM-3 and LM-4 to promote financial integrity and transparency. The final rule applies prospectively under section 208 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA).","document_number":"2026-10849","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/01/2026-10849/labor-organization-annual-financial-reports","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-01/pdf/2026-10849.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10849.pdf?1780058719","publication_date":"2026-06-01","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":"Office of Labor-Management Standards","name":"Labor-Management Standards Office","id":274,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-management-standards-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/274","parent_id":271,"slug":"labor-management-standards-office"}],"excerpts":"it is appropriate to relieve them of certain reporting obligations without sacrificing <span class=\"match\">transparency</span>.\n \n The Department received numerous comments in support of <span class=\"match\">increasing</span> the Form LM-2 threshold. These comments from both the 2020 and 2025 NPRMs came primarily from labor organizations and accounting firms and stated that an <span class=\"match\">increase</span> would reduce the burden on smaller filers by responding to inflation. Opponents contended that any <span class=\"match\">increase</span> would reduce <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> and cited, inter alia, cases of fraud in smaller unions. On the 2020 NPRM, a few labor"},{"title":"Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA or the Department) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS or the Agency) amends the Agency's regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (P&S Act or Act). The Act protects fair trade, financial integrity, and competitive markets for poultry. The final rule prohibits certain payment practices under poultry grower ranking systems (commonly known as tournaments) in contract poultry production for broiler chickens, requires live poultry dealers (LPDs) to adopt policies and procedures for operating a fair ranking system for broiler growers, and requires LPDs to provide certain information to broiler growers when the LPD requests or requires the grower to make additional capital investments. These regulations will increase transparency and address deception and unfairness in broiler grower payments, tournament operations, and capital improvement systems.","document_number":"2025-00508","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00508/poultry-grower-payment-systems-and-capital-improvement-systems","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00508.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00508.pdf?1736948726","publication_date":"2025-01-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"practices. \n AMS appreciates the commenters' interest in further enhancing <span class=\"match\">transparency</span>. AMS notes that this final rule <span class=\"match\">increases</span> <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> for growers around rates of compensation (§ 201.106) and additional capital investments (§ 201.112), and also sets more fair standards around, and enhances <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> into, LPD practices relating to input and production practice distribution. It also complements other regulatory initiatives that AMS has already finalized to provide <span class=\"match\">transparency</span> around contracting and input distribution (88 FR 83210, November 28"},{"title":"Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuer Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Sanctions Compliance Program Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are jointly issuing this proposed rule to implement provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). Specifically, it implements the GENIUS Act's directive to treat permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) as financial institutions for purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act, proposes anti-money laundering obligations for PPSIs, and proposes certain specific obligations required by the GENIUS Act for PPSIs. It also implements the GENIUS Act's directive to require PPSIs to maintain effective sanctions compliance programs.","document_number":"2026-06963","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06963/permitted-payment-stablecoin-issuer-anti-money-launderingcountering-the-financing-of-terrorism","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06963.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06963.pdf?1775738715","publication_date":"2026-04-10","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":"Office of Foreign Assets Control","name":"Foreign Assets Control Office","id":203,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/foreign-assets-control-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/203","parent_id":497,"slug":"foreign-assets-control-office"},{"raw_name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","id":194,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/financial-crimes-enforcement-network","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/194","parent_id":497,"slug":"financial-crimes-enforcement-network"}],"excerpts":"guidance to the digital assets <span class=\"match\">industry</span> grounded in the Framework by publishing the “Sanctions <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Guidance for the Virtual Currency <span class=\"match\">Industry</span>” (“Virtual Currency <span class=\"match\">Industry</span> Guidance”) and several Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Currency.\n 286 \n \n One of OFAC's main objectives in issuing the Virtual Currency <span class=\"match\">Industry</span> Guidance was to explain how actors in the broader digital assets <span class=\"match\">industry</span> could mitigate sanctions risk by adopting a risk-based approach to sanctions <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>. The Virtual Currency <span class=\"match\">Industry</span> Guidance also highlighted specific"},{"title":"Revisions to the Blanket Certificate Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to revise its blanket certificate regulations to expand the scope and scale of projects that interstate natural gas pipelines may construct without a case-specific authorization order and to increase the cost limits for such projects, among other changes.","document_number":"2026-10498","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/27/2026-10498/revisions-to-the-blanket-certificate-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-27/pdf/2026-10498.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10498.pdf?1779799514","publication_date":"2026-05-27","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":"limits calculated based on the GDP deflator.\n 34 \n \n INGAA argues that a further <span class=\"match\">increase</span> beyond the above-listed figures is also necessary, so as to account for projected <span class=\"match\">trends</span> in construction costs that are not fully reflected in historical data, including the impacts of tariffs and workforce competition.\n 35 \n \n INGAA further contends that there is an <span class=\"match\">increased</span> need for natural gas infrastructure because demand for natural gas has <span class=\"match\">increased</span> without a corresponding <span class=\"match\">increase</span> in pipeline capacity.\n 36 \n \n It asserts that this demand for natural gas infrastructure"},{"title":"Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends the regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (Act), to add disclosures and information that live poultry dealers engaged in the production of broilers must furnish to poultry growers with whom dealers make poultry growing arrangements. The rule also establishes additional disclosure requirements for live poultry dealers engaged in the production of broilers who use poultry grower ranking systems to determine settlement payments for broiler growers. These requirements add targeted transparency to the market for grower services that will inhibit deceptive practices related to broiler contracting and performance. The Act protects fair trade, financial integrity, and competitive markets for livestock, meat, and poultry.","document_number":"2023-24922","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/28/2023-24922/transparency-in-poultry-grower-contracting-and-tournaments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-28/pdf/2023-24922.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24922.pdf?1701092717","publication_date":"2023-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"AMS response: \n AMS agrees that regular <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews are important tools to ensure <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the Act and regulations thereunder. Regular AMS audits and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews encourage live poultry dealers to put in place the oversight and internal procedures necessary to ensure <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>. Audits and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews may also enhance <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> by catching problems at an early stage, before they become violations that result in larger scale impacts. They also enhance AMS's familiarity with <span class=\"match\">industry</span> practices, which enables more effective"},{"title":"Required Use by Foreign Applicants and Patent Owners of a Patent Practitioner","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is proposing to amend the Rules of Practice in Patent Cases to require patent applicants and patent owners whose domicile is not located within the United States (U.S.) or its territories (hereinafter foreign applicants/inventors and patent owners) to be represented by a registered patent practitioner. A requirement that foreign applicants/ inventors and patent owners be represented by a registered patent practitioner would bring the United States in line with most other countries that require that such parties be represented by a licensed or registered person of that country. Additionally, this requirement would increase efficiency and enable the USPTO to more effectively use available mechanisms to enforce compliance by all foreign applicants/ inventors and patent owners with U.S. statutory and regulatory requirements in patent matters, and enhance the USPTO's ability to respond to false certifications, misrepresentations, and fraud.","document_number":"2025-23917","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23917/required-use-by-foreign-applicants-and-patent-owners-of-a-patent-practitioner","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-29/pdf/2025-23917.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23917.pdf?1766497523","publication_date":"2025-12-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"United States Patent and Trademark Office","name":"Patent and Trademark Office","id":402,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/patent-and-trademark-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/402","parent_id":54,"slug":"patent-and-trademark-office"}],"excerpts":"require patent examiners to spend examination time on procedural matters, thereby <span class=\"match\">increasing</span> overall patent application pendency. Implementing this proposed rule would help allocate USPTO resources to the merits of examination and, accordingly, decrease patent application processing times.\n \n C. Enforce <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> With U.S. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements \n \n The requirement for representation by a registered patent practitioner is also necessary to enforce <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> by all foreign patent applicants/inventors and patent owners with U.S. statutory"}]}