{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance writing formally dispute inaccuracies'","count":497,"total_pages":25,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+writing+formally+dispute+inaccuracies&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document sets forth these final rules related to certain provisions of the No Surprises Act regarding the Federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process, which was established as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). These rules finalize new requirements relating to the disclosure of information that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage must include along with the initial payment or notice of denial of payment for certain items and services subject to the surprise billing protections in the No Surprises Act. These final rules also require plans and issuers to communicate information by using claim adjustment reason codes (CARCs) and remittance advice remark codes (RARCs), as specified in guidance, when providing any paper or electronic remittance advice (ERA) to an entity that does not have a contractual relationship with the plan or issuer. This document also finalizes amendments to certain requirements related to the open negotiation period preceding the Federal IDR process, the initiation of the Federal IDR process, the Federal IDR dispute eligibility review process, and the payment and collection of administrative fees and certified IDR entity fees. This document also finalizes the definition of bundled payment arrangements, amends requirements related to batched items and services and amends the rules for extensions of timeframes due to extenuating circumstances. Additionally, this document finalizes provisions that require plans and issuers to register in the Federal IDR portal. In accordance with Federal law, a summary of these rules may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/.","document_number":"2026-11140","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11140/federal-independent-dispute-resolution-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11140.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11140.pdf?1780348210","publication_date":"2026-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"the Federal IDR portal to accept <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> regarding the appropriate out-of-network rate for claims subject to the surprise billing protections of the No Surprises Act. In the first year of operations, <span class=\"match\">disputing</span> parties submitted 489,000 <span class=\"match\">disputes</span>, which is 14 times the number of <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> that the Departments had expected to receive in an entire calendar year.\n 13 14 \n \n The high volume of <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> submissions has continued, and as of January 31, 2026, <span class=\"match\">disputing</span> parties have \n \n submitted over 5.1 million <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> for review.\n 15 \n \n \n \n \n 13 \n  \n"},{"title":"Termination Rights, Royalty Distributions, Ownership Transfers, Disputes, and the Music Modernization Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Copyright Office is issuing a final rule regarding how the Copyright Act's derivative works exception to termination rights applies to the statutory mechanical blanket license established by the Music Modernization Act. The final rule also addresses other matters relevant to identifying the proper payee to whom the mechanical licensing collective must distribute royalties. Among other things, the Office is adopting regulations addressing the mechanical licensing collective's distribution of matched historical royalties and administration of ownership transfers, other royalty payee changes, and related disputes.","document_number":"2024-14609","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/09/2024-14609/termination-rights-royalty-distributions-ownership-transfers-disputes-and-the-music-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-09/pdf/2024-14609.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14609.pdf?1720442716","publication_date":"2024-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","name":"Library of Congress","id":277,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/277","parent_id":null,"slug":"library-of-congress"},{"raw_name":"Copyright Office","name":"Copyright Office, Library of Congress","id":87,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/copyright-office-library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/87","parent_id":277,"slug":"copyright-office-library-of-congress"}],"excerpts":"account, as provided in subparagraph (H)(ii), royalties that cannot be distributed due to . . . a pending <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> before the <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> resolution committee of the [MLC].” \n 183 \n \n Such <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> are described in section 115(d)(3)(K)(i) as “<span class=\"match\">disputes</span> relating to ownership interests in musical works licensed under this section.” \n 184 \n \n The Office reiterates that a <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> over the application of the Exception is not an ownership <span class=\"match\">dispute</span>. It is a <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> over the legal effect of a valid termination.\n 185 \n \n \n \n \n 183 \n  \n See id. \n at 115(d)(3)(G)(i)(III)(bb)"},{"title":"Demurrage and Detention Billing Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"In accordance with the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, the Federal Maritime Commission (the Commission or FMC) is issuing regulations governing demurrage and detention billing requirements. This final rule requires common carriers and marine terminal operators to include specific minimum information on demurrage and detention invoices, outlines certain detention and demurrage billing practices, such as determination of which parties may appropriately be billed for demurrage or detention charges, and sets timeframes for issuing invoices, disputing charges with the billing party, and resolving such disputes. It adopts with changes the notice of proposed rulemaking published on October 14, 2022. Substantive changes allow consignees to be billed and clarify the timeframe for non-vessel-operating common carriers passing through demurrage and detention charges to issue their own invoices. Non-substantive changes improve clarity and remove drafting errors.","document_number":"2024-02926","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/26/2024-02926/demurrage-and-detention-billing-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-26/pdf/2024-02926.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02926.pdf?1708695912","publication_date":"2024-02-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION","name":"Federal Maritime Commission","id":178,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-maritime-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/178","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-maritime-commission"}],"excerpts":"transaction, and that in such a situation, the NVOCC may not be in a position to <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> an invoice with a VOCC until the NVOCC's customer has <span class=\"match\">disputed</span> the invoice with the NVOCC. As such, the Commission has added § 541.7(c) to require that when an NVOCC informs a VOCC that \n \n its customer has <span class=\"match\">disputed</span> its invoice, the VOCC must then allow the NVOCC additional time to <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> the invoice it received from the VOCC.\n \n 4. Ability To Cure an Invoice Not in <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> With § 541.6 \n \n Issue: \n A number of commenters requested the ability to correct"},{"title":"Disclosure of Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is inviting comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking that would update, clarify, and supplement the FDIC's regulations regarding the disclosure of confidential information by the FDIC and other parties, including by enhancing the ability of insured depository institutions to share confidential supervisory information with affiliates and certain other entities for appropriate business purposes, without seeking prior authorization from the FDIC. The proposal also would significantly simplify and clarify the requirements and restrictions applicable to the FDIC's discretionary disclosure of confidential information. Finally, the proposal would update and simplify the FDIC's rules regarding disclosures required under the Freedom of Information Act and would clarify how and when FDIC information may be disclosed in connection with legal proceedings and as a result of service of process made upon the FDIC and its directors, officers, and employees.","document_number":"2026-13123","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13123/disclosure-of-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-30/pdf/2026-13123.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13123.pdf?1782737111","publication_date":"2026-06-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"fees. \n 6. <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> Resolution and Administrative Appeals \n Proposed sections 309.22 and 309.23 would describe the processes available to a requester for <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> resolution and administrative appeals of requests for information that have been subject to adverse determinations. These proposed sections are generally consistent with the provisions currently codified at paragraphs (h) and (i) of section 309.5 of part 309, with revisions to clarify existing processes and improve readability. For example, section 309.22 now clarifies that <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> resolution"},{"title":"Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing its Scientific Integrity Policy to increase access to and raise awareness of the Policy.","document_number":"2024-30934","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/30/2024-30934/final-scientific-integrity-policy-of-the-us-department-of-health-and-human-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-30/pdf/2024-30934.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30934.pdf?1735307130","publication_date":"2024-12-30","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"}],"excerpts":"a potential loss of scientific integrity \n \n before submitting a <span class=\"match\">formal</span> complaint. Employees ultimately have the discretion to submit a <span class=\"match\">formal</span> complaint as they see fit without reprisal.\n \n 3. If an OpDiv/StaffDiv has its own procedures in place for handling scientific integrity concerns, <span class=\"match\">formal</span> complaints submitted to HHS that involve actions and outcomes specific to that division will be directed to that division for follow up. For divisions without their own procedures, <span class=\"match\">formal</span> complaints will be handled by the HHS Scientific Integrity Council"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule includes payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2026 benefit year user fee rates for issuers that participate in the HHS-operated risk adjustment program and the 2026 benefit year user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes requirements related to modifications to the calculation of the Basic Health Program (BHP) payment; and changes to the Initial Validation Audit (IVA) sampling approach and Second Validation Audit (SVA) pairwise means test for HHS-RADV. It also addresses HHS' authority to engage in compliance reviews of and take enforcement action against lead agents of insurance agencies for violations of HHS' Exchange standards and requirements; HHS' system suspension authority to address noncompliance by agents and brokers; an optional fixed-dollar premium payment threshold; permissible plan-level adjustment to the index rate to account for cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); reconsideration standards for certification denials; changes to the approach for conducting Essential Community Provider (ECP) certification reviews; a policy to publicly share aggregated, summary- level Quality Improvement Strategy (QIS) information on an annual basis; and revisions to the medical loss ratio (MLR) reporting and rebate requirements for qualifying issuers that meet certain standards.","document_number":"2025-00640","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00640/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2026-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00640.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00640.pdf?1736802922","publication_date":"2025-01-15","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"receives a data <span class=\"match\">inaccuracy</span> from an issuer operating in an State Exchange that includes a description of an <span class=\"match\">inaccuracy</span> that meets the requirements at § 156.1210(a) through (c) and all the information that the State Exchange requires or requests to properly assess the <span class=\"match\">inaccuracy</span>, State Exchanges must review and resolve the State Exchange issuer's enrollment data <span class=\"match\">inaccuracies</span> and submit to HHS a description of the resolution of any <span class=\"match\">inaccuracies</span> described by the State Exchange issuer that the State Exchange confirms to be <span class=\"match\">inaccuracies</span> in a format and"},{"title":"Final Scientific Integrity Policy","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing its Scientific Integrity Policy to increase access to and raise awareness of the Policy.","document_number":"2024-25810","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/25/2024-25810/final-scientific-integrity-policy","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-25/pdf/2024-25810.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25810.pdf?1732283117","publication_date":"2024-11-25","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"}],"excerpts":"constitutes a potential loss of scientific integrity before submitting a <span class=\"match\">formal</span> complaint. Employees ultimately have the discretion to submit a <span class=\"match\">formal</span> complaint as they see fit without reprisal. \n 3. If an OpDiv/StaffDiv has its own procedures in place for handling scientific integrity concerns, <span class=\"match\">formal</span> complaints submitted to HHS that involve actions and outcomes specific to that division will be directed to that division for follow up. For divisions without their own procedures, <span class=\"match\">formal</span> complaints will be handled by the HHS Scientific Integrity Council"},{"title":"Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Update of Challenge Period for Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data and Computer Software (DFARS Case 2022-D016)","type":"Rule","abstract":"DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which addresses the validation of proprietary data restrictions.","document_number":"2025-00722","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-00722/defense-federal-acquisition-regulation-supplement-update-of-challenge-period-for-validation-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-00722.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00722.pdf?1737035116","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Defense Acquisition Regulations System","name":"Defense Acquisition Regulations System","id":97,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-acquisition-regulations-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/97","parent_id":103,"slug":"defense-acquisition-regulations-system"}],"excerpts":"exception to the prescribed time limit for validation of asserted restrictions if the technical data involved are the subject of a fraudulently asserted use or release restriction. This rule will ensure that the Government has adequate opportunity to challenge discrepancies or <span class=\"match\">inaccuracies</span> in contractor assertions of data and software rights. \n The public comments raised no significant issues in response to the initial regulatory flexibility analysis. \n This rule applies to small entities that have contracts with DoD requiring delivery of data, including"},{"title":"Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is revising certain provisions of Regulation B, subpart B, which implements changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act made by section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Bureau is amending coverage of certain credit transactions and financial institutions; the small business definition; inclusion of certain data points and how others are collected; and the compliance date. The Bureau believes these changes will streamline the rule, reduce complexity for lenders, improve data quality, and advance the purposes of section 1071.","document_number":"2026-08494","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08494/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-01/pdf/2026-08494.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08494.pdf?1777564810","publication_date":"2026-05-01","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":"difficulties commencing <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the rule mid-year, which is resolved by setting a single <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date on January 1.\n \n \n Finally, the Bureau determines that its new single <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date resolves lingering concerns arising from previous <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date extensions. As the Bureau explained in its 2025 <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date interim final rule and 2025 <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date final rule, those rules were necessary to avoid a situation in which only a subset of covered financial institutions were obligated to come into <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the 2023 final rule"},{"title":"Electronic Submission of Certain Materials Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS Report","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\" or \"SEC\") is amending its rules to require electronic filing or submission of certain forms and other filings or submissions that are required to be filed with or submitted to the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\") and the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The amendments require the electronic filing or submission on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (\"EDGAR\") system, using structured data where appropriate, for certain forms filed or submitted by self- regulatory organizations (\"SROs\"). The amendments require the information currently contained in Form 19b-4(e) to be publicly posted on the SRO's website and remove the manual signature requirements for SRO proposed rule change filings. The Commission is also requiring that a clearing agency post supplemental material to its website. In addition, the Commission is amending rules under the Exchange Act and the Securities Act of 1933 (\"Securities Act\") to require the electronic filing or submission on EDGAR, using structured data where appropriate, of certain forms, reports, and notices provided by broker- dealers, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants. The amendments also require withdrawal in certain circumstances of notices filed in connection with an exception to counting certain dealing transactions toward determining whether a person is a security-based swap dealer. Finally, the Commission is allowing electronic signatures in certain broker-dealer filings, and amending the Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single Report (\"FOCUS Report\") to harmonize with other rules, make technical corrections, and provide clarifications.","document_number":"2024-30433","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2024-30433/electronic-submission-of-certain-materials-under-the-securities-exchange-act-of-1934-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2024-30433.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30433.pdf?1737121512","publication_date":"2025-01-21","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":"format of reports that substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> firms are required to submit.” \n 28 \n \n The Commission's orders granting substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> (“substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> orders”) \n 29 \n \n condition substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> for the requirements of certain Exchange Act rules in part on a non-U.S. SBS Entity providing information to the Commission, including reports and other information required by foreign law. The substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> orders do not, however, address how an SBS Entity relying on substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> should provide such information to"},{"title":"Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Update of Challenge Period for Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data and Computer Software (DFARS Case 2022-D016)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which addresses the validation of proprietary data restrictions. In addition to the request for written comments, DoD will hold a public meeting to hear the views of interested parties.","document_number":"2024-08438","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/25/2024-08438/defense-federal-acquisition-regulation-supplement-update-of-challenge-period-for-validation-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-25/pdf/2024-08438.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08438.pdf?1713962725","publication_date":"2024-04-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Defense Acquisition Regulations System","name":"Defense Acquisition Regulations System","id":97,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-acquisition-regulations-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/97","parent_id":103,"slug":"defense-acquisition-regulations-system"}],"excerpts":"Fiscal Year 2012, which addresses the validation of proprietary data restrictions. In addition to the request for written comments, DoD will hold a public meeting to hear the views of interested parties. \n \n \n DATES: \n Comments on the proposed rule should be submitted in <span class=\"match\">writing</span> to the address shown below on or before June 24, 2024, to be considered in the formation of a final rule. \n \n Public Meeting: \n A virtual public meeting will be held on May 17, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The public meeting will end at the stated time"},{"title":"Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health","type":"Notice","abstract":"The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is issuing this Final NIH Scientific Integrity Policy to promote a continuing culture of scientific integrity at NIH. This Policy codifies NIH's long-standing expectations to preserve scientific integrity throughout all NIH activities, establishes key roles and responsibilities for those who will lead the agency's scientific integrity program, and, as appropriate, establishes relevant reporting and evaluation mechanisms.","document_number":"2024-24225","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/21/2024-24225/final-scientific-integrity-policy-of-the-national-institutes-of-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-21/pdf/2024-24225.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24225.pdf?1729255528","publication_date":"2024-10-21","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":"National Institutes of Health","name":"National Institutes of Health","id":353,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-institutes-of-health","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/353","parent_id":221,"slug":"national-institutes-of-health"}],"excerpts":"scientific process.\n 47 \n \n Differing scientific opinions are diverging views held by researchers who are substantively engaged in the science subject area. In some cases, such as when a scientific <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> has a significant impact on public health or policy, a <span class=\"match\">formal</span> scientific <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> resolution process may be necessary. The goal of scientific <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> resolution should be to ensure that all perspectives are heard and documented in an unbiased way. A satisfactory resolution may involve adopting one opinion over another, deciding to conduct additional"},{"title":"Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to update its regulations regarding the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (the AFIDA). The revisions would reflect Congressional directives to establish a streamlined process for electronic submission and retention of disclosures made under AFIDA, including the deployment of an internet database. It would also revise reporting requirements and strengthen enforcement measures. Through the implementation of modernization measures and expanded scope and depth of reporting, this proposed rule will help ensure the AFIDA regulations address foreign investment and ownership of American agricultural land, particularly as it might present a national security risk.","document_number":"2026-12808","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12808/agricultural-foreign-investment-disclosure-act-of-1978","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12808.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12808.pdf?1782305114","publication_date":"2026-06-25","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"}],"excerpts":"which reports are paper-based, there are multiple possible <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> of material fact that could arise regarding a notice of apparent liability, including whether the report was filed at all. Following deployment of an electronic submission portal, the business logic associated with report submissions within the portal, and the ease of contacting submitters regarding the information submitted, we foresee that <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> over material fact would be more limited in scope and usually focus on <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> regarding the penalty amount assessed. In light of this"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Home Health (HH) Prospective Payment System Rate Update; HH Quality Reporting Program Requirements; HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model Requirements; Home Intravenous Immune Globulin Items and Services; Hospice Informal Dispute Resolution and Special Focus Program Requirements, Certain Requirements for Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics and Orthotics Supplies; and Provider and Supplier Enrollment Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule sets forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates for calendar year (CY) 2024 in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. This rule-- discusses comments received regarding access to home health aide services; implements home health payment-related changes; rebases and revises the home health market basket and revises the labor-related share; codifies statutory requirements for disposable negative pressure wound therapy (dNPWT); and implements the new items and services payment for the home intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) benefit. In addition, it--finalizes changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) requirements and the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model; implements the new Part B benefit for lymphedema compression treatment items, codifies the Medicare definition of brace, and makes other codification changes based on recent legislation; adds an informal dispute resolution (IDR) and special focus program (SFP) for hospice programs; codifies DMEPOS refill policy; and finalizes proposed revisions for Medicare provider and supplier enrollment requirements.","document_number":"2023-24455","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/13/2023-24455/medicare-program-calendar-year-cy-2024-home-health-hh-prospective-payment-system-rate-update-hh","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-13/pdf/2023-24455.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24455.pdf?1698869908","publication_date":"2023-11-13","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":"Informal <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> Resolution and Special Focus Program \n \n In section VI. of this final rule, we are finalizing our proposal for a new hospice informal <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> resolution (IDR) process at § 488.1130 to align with the process that is available for home health agencies (HHAs). We proposed that the hospice IDR would address <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> related to condition-level survey findings following a hospice program's receipt of the official survey statement of deficiencies. The proposed IDR would provide hospice programs an informal opportunity to resolve <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> in"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule implements policies in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) related to the new legislative requirements in the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019 (MSIAA), which address drug misclassification, as well as drug pricing and product data misreporting by manufacturers. Additionally, we are finalizing several other proposed program integrity and program administration provisions or modifications in this final rule, including revising and finalizing key definitions used in the MDRP. This rule also finalizes a provision not directly related to MDRP that makes revisions to the third-party liability regulation due to amendments made by the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2018. We also are finalizing our proposal to rescind revisions made by the December 31, 2020 final rule \"Medicaid Program; Establishing Minimum Standards in Medicaid State Drug Utilization Review (DUR) and Supporting Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) for Drugs Covered in Medicaid, Revising Medicaid Drug Rebate and Third Party Liability (TPL) Requirements\" (\"the 2020 final rule\") to the Determination of Best Price and Determination of Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) sections.","document_number":"2024-21254","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/26/2024-21254/medicaid-program-misclassification-of-drugs-program-administration-and-program-integrity-updates","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-26/pdf/2024-21254.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-21254.pdf?1726863312","publication_date":"2024-09-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"Research Analysts, 15-2031 (1 for each State) 7 hours to resolve a <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> at $91.92/hr (\n https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes152031.htm \n ) $643.44 ($91.92 × 7) (for 45 outstanding <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> [(10 <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> + 80 <span class=\"match\">disputes</span>)/2] per State for claims greater than 3 years old. We, therefore, estimated a one-time decreased burden reduction of $6,022,598.40 (45 <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> × $643.44 hr/<span class=\"match\">dispute</span> × 52 States × 4 quarters (1 year)). Manufacturers will only have the ability to initiate a <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> on claims for up to 12 quarters, from the last day of the quarter from"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); requirements related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required benefits in addition to the EHB; cost- sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive plan years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); and revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States. This final rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-10050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10050/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10050.pdf?1779135308","publication_date":"2026-05-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"in State Exchanges often identify data <span class=\"match\">inaccuracies</span> in issuers' enrollment and payment data that resulted in APTC over- or underpayments. While annual, these audits are conducted on benefit year data after the close of the 3-year window for resolution of payment <span class=\"match\">inaccuracies</span> described in § 156.1210(c).\n 352 \n \n We stated that annual <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews would provide issuers with an opportunity to proactively correct these data <span class=\"match\">inaccuracies</span> prior to the scheduled audits, which would ensure better <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with APTC and other related requirements"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This proposed rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"also provided that <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews conducted under this oversight authority would follow the standards set forth in § 156.715. Now we are considering additional clarifications to HHS' authority on <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews under § 156.480. \n Currently, § 156.480(c) provides that in conducting APTC, CSR, and user fee audits or <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews, HHS may assess an issuer's <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the requirements in 45 CFR part 156 subpart E and § 156.50. The regulatory text does not currently reference assessment of an issuer's <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with other Exchange"},{"title":"Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders","type":"Rule","abstract":"Under the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is issuing this final rule to require certain types of nonbank covered persons subject to certain final public orders obtained or issued by a government agency in connection with the offering or provision of a consumer financial product or service to report the existence of the orders and related information to a Bureau registry. The Bureau is also requiring certain supervised nonbanks to file annual reports regarding compliance with registered orders.","document_number":"2024-12689","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/08/2024-12689/registry-of-nonbank-covered-persons-subject-to-certain-agency-and-court-orders","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-08/pdf/2024-12689.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12689.pdf?1720183519","publication_date":"2024-07-08","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":"attention to <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the types of State laws identified at § 1092.201(c)(4) through (6).\n 181 \n \n First, an entity can (and should) comply with the law whether or not the Bureau is monitoring it, and other agencies also monitor <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with covered orders issued or obtained under these State laws. Thus, covered nonbanks should already be dedicating appropriate resources to ensure <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with such State laws, and the Bureau does not agree that the registration components of the rule will distort <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> programs, lead to <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> programs"},{"title":"United States, et al. v. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, et al.; Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-15486","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/14/2025-15486/united-states-et-al-v-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-et-al-proposed-final-judgment-and-competitive","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-14/pdf/2025-15486.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15486.pdf?1755089133","publication_date":"2025-08-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Antitrust Division","name":"Antitrust Division","id":23,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/antitrust-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/23","parent_id":268,"slug":"antitrust-division"}],"excerpts":"Plaintiff States a <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> plan setting forth in detail the procedures Defendants propose to implement to effect <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with this Section XII. The United States must inform Defendants within 10 business days of receipt whether, in its sole discretion, the United States approves or rejects Defendants' <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> plan. Within 10 business days of receiving a notice of rejection, Defendants must submit a revised <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> plan. The United States may request that the Court determine whether Defendants' proposed <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> plan fulfills the 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":"regulation text in the proposed rule. \n 15. <span class=\"match\">Dispute</span> Resolution (§ 423.2764) \n At § 423.2764, CMS proposed a 3-level <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> resolution framework through which agreement holders can <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> applicable discounts that they were invoiced via the invoicing process at § 423.2756(a). Specifically, we proposed at § 423.2764(a) that an agreement holder may <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> applicable discounts invoiced to such agreement holder under § 423.2756(a) by filing an initial <span class=\"match\">dispute</span>. We proposed at § 423.2764(a)(1) that the initial <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> must be filed in the manner specified"}]}