{"description":"Documents matching 'dispute allegation fraud similar fault'","count":251,"total_pages":13,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=dispute+allegation+fraud+similar+fault&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Whistleblower Incentives and Protections","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"FinCEN is proposing a rule to establish a whistleblower program that offers incentives and protections to encourage individuals who have information about potential violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917 (TWEA), and Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) to voluntarily report such information (the \"Whistleblower Program\"). The proposed rule would implement section 6314 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) and the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act (AML Whistleblower Improvement Act), which were enacted into law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21 NDAA) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, respectively. The Whistleblower Program will contribute to the U.S. government's efforts to safeguard the financial system from illicit use, promote national security, and combat money laundering, terrorist financing, proliferation financing, and related crimes. This notice of proposed rulemaking invites comments from the public regarding all aspects of the proposed rule, as well as comments in response to specific questions.","document_number":"2026-06271","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/01/2026-06271/whistleblower-incentives-and-protections","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-01/pdf/2026-06271.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06271.pdf?1774961111","publication_date":"2026-04-01","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":"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":"related crimes involving health care benefit programs, and (b) <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> against patients, investors, and other non-governmental entities in the health care industry. \n • Violations by or through companies related to <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> against, or the deception of, the United States in connection with federally funded contracting or federal programs, where such <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> does not involve health care or illegal health care kickbacks. \n • Violations by or through companies related to trade, tariff, and customs <span class=\"match\">fraud</span>. \n \n • Violations by or through companies related to federal"},{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement. The E.O. directs the elimination of excessive acquisition regulations to stop the inefficient use of American taxpayer dollars. The FAR Council is issuing twelve proposed rules that collectively will streamline the FAR in its entirety. This rule proposes revisions to FAR parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, 52, and 53.","document_number":"2026-12559","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12559/federal-acquisition-regulation-revolutionary-federal-acquisition-regulation-overhaul-parts-1-2-4-33","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12559.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12559.pdf?1782132314","publication_date":"2026-06-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"Office of Federal Procurement Policy","name":"Federal Procurement Policy Office","id":184,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-procurement-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/184","parent_id":280,"slug":"federal-procurement-policy-office"},{"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":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"authority to decide <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> relating to a contract.\n \n \n (d) The clause at 52.233-1, <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span>, recognizes the “all <span class=\"match\">disputes</span>” authority established by the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> statute, and states certain requirements and limitations of the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> statute to guide contractors and contracting \n \n agencies. The clause is not intended to affect the rights and obligations of the parties as provided by the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> statute or to constrain the authority of the statutory agency BCAs in handling and deciding contractor appeals under the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> statute.\n \n \n \n 33"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model; Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Updates; DMEPOS Accreditation Requirements; Provider Enrollment; and Other Medicare and Medicaid Policies","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule sets forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this final rule finalizes permanent and temporary behavior adjustments and recalibrates the case- mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2026. This final rule also finalizes changes to the face-to-face encounter policy and changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and the expanded Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model requirements. In addition, it updates the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). Lastly it finalizes: a technical change to the HH conditions of participation; updates to DMEPOS supplier conditions of payment; updates to provider and supplier enrollment requirements; and changes to DMEPOS accreditation requirements.","document_number":"2025-21767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/02/2025-21767/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-calendar-year-2026-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-02/pdf/2025-21767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21767.pdf?1764364516","publication_date":"2025-12-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"initiate investigation for evidence of <span class=\"match\">fraud</span>, waste, and abuse.\n \n \n We appreciate commenters sharing insight into how we can address concerns about potential <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> in the home health market. Cost report <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> and abusive billing behavior are concerns that need to be addressed through the appropriate channels with the authority to pursue enforcement action, such as the hotline for reporting <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> at the following website: \n https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicaid-coordination/center-program-integrity/reporting-<span class=\"match\">fraud</span> \n . \n \n Furthermore, we are statutorily"},{"title":"Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations affecting temporary agricultural (H-2A) and temporary nonagricultural (H-2B) nonimmigrant workers (H-2 programs) and their employers. This rulemaking is intended to better ensure the integrity of the H-2 programs and enhance protections for workers.","document_number":"2024-29353","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29353/modernizing-h-2-program-requirements-oversight-and-worker-protections","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29353.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29353.pdf?1734443140","publication_date":"2024-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"excuse this loss or failure to maintain H-1B status on a case-by-case basis.\n \n \n \n 144 \n  \n See \n USCIS, “Combating <span class=\"match\">Fraud</span> and Abuse in the H-1B Visa Program” (Feb. 9, 2021), \n https://www.uscis.gov/scams-<span class=\"match\">fraud</span>-and-misconduct/report-<span class=\"match\">fraud</span>/combating-<span class=\"match\">fraud</span>-and-abuse-in-the-h-1b-visa-program. \n \n \n \n DHS does not currently have specific data related to whistleblower protections for the H-1B program nor does it have data on other <span class=\"match\">similar</span> types of reports on worker issues from the H-2 populations.\n 145 \n \n Therefore, it is possible that whistleblower protections"},{"title":"Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation","type":"Notice","abstract":"The United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) has determined that certain of Brazil's acts, policies, and practices at issue in this investigation are actionable under Section 301(b) and Section 304(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Trade Act). The Trade Representative is proposing action, including tariffs on articles of Brazil and certain exemptions, and invites comments from the public.","document_number":"2026-11158","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11158/notice-of-determination-and-request-for-comments-concerning-action-pursuant-to-section-301-brazils","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11158.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11158.pdf?1780490715","publication_date":"2026-06-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE","name":"Trade Representative, Office of United States","id":491,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/trade-representative-office-of-united-states","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/491","parent_id":null,"slug":"trade-representative-office-of-united-states"}],"excerpts":"in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in <span class=\"match\">similar</span> forms \n \n \n 1903.00.40 \n Tapioca and substitutes, prepared from starch nesoi, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in <span class=\"match\">similar</span> forms \n \n \n 1905.90.10 \n Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and <span class=\"match\">similar</span> baked products, nesoi, and puddings, whether or not containing chocolate, fruit, nuts or confectionery, for religious purposes only \n Ex. \n \n \n 1905.90.90 \n Bakers' wares, communion wafers, sealing wafers, rice paper and <span class=\"match\">similar</span> products, nesoi, for religious purposes only \n Ex. \n"},{"title":"Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information (Regulation V)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing a final rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), concerning medical information. The FCRA prohibits creditors from considering medical information in credit eligibility determinations. The CFPB is removing a regulatory exception that had permitted creditors to obtain and use information on medical debts notwithstanding this statutory limitation. The final rule also provides that a consumer reporting agency generally may not furnish to a creditor a consumer report containing information on medical debt that the creditor is prohibited from using.","document_number":"2024-30824","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2024-30824/prohibition-on-creditors-and-consumer-reporting-agencies-concerning-medical-information-regulation-v","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2024-30824.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30824.pdf?1736775917","publication_date":"2025-01-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"consumer reporting agencies. A CFPB analysis shows that 5.7 percent of reported medical collections tradelines have had a <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> flag, much higher than the rate of <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> flags for credit cards and student loans.\n 341 \n \n One NCRA commenter reported that their data shows that while consumers <span class=\"match\">dispute</span> medical collections tradelines more often than other collections tradelines, they do so at a <span class=\"match\">similar</span> rate to consumers <span class=\"match\">disputing</span> other delinquent non-collections tradelines.\n \n \n \n 339 \n  \n Key Dimensions and Processes in the U.S. Credit Reporting System:"},{"title":"HHS Acquisition Regulation: Regulatory Review","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to amend and update its Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR) to update and streamline the HHSAR. Under this initiative, all parts of the regulation were reviewed to streamline the regulation, to revise or remove policy superseded by changes in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), to remove any procedural guidance that is internal to HHS into a new HHS Acquisition Manual (HHSAM) as internal policies, guidance, and instructions. The rule would add new coverage to implement agency unique requirements. The HHSAR would also be updated to reflect organizational changes in the Department, incorporate recent statutory changes and government mandates, and to accomplish editorial revisions for clarification.","document_number":"2024-17095","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/03/2024-17095/hhs-acquisition-regulation-regulatory-review","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-03/pdf/2024-17095.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17095.pdf?1727873117","publication_date":"2024-10-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"supplements coverage in an underlying section. In section 341.501-70, <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span>—utility contracts, we propose to require contracting officers to insert the clause at 352.241-70, <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span>—Utility Contracts, in solicitations and contracts for utility services subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of a utility rate commission, to provide the notice to the contractor on specific <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> requirements concerning utilities. In the clause, it provides that the requirements of the <span class=\"match\">Disputes</span> clause at FAR 52.233-1 are supplemented to provide that matters involving"},{"title":"Proposed Exemption for DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. and Certain Current and Future Asset Management Affiliates of Deutsche Bank AG Located in New York, NY","type":"Notice","abstract":"This document provides notice of the pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed individual exemption from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act). This proposed exemption would permit certain qualified professional asset managers within the corporate family of Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank), including DWS Investment Management Americas Inc. (DIMA or the Applicant), and certain current and future affiliates of Deutsche Bank (each a DB QPAM), to continue to rely on the class exemptive relief granted in Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-14 (PTE 84-14, or the QPAM Exemption), notwithstanding the 2017 criminal conviction of DB Group Services (UK) Limited (DB Group Services).","document_number":"2024-03358","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/21/2024-03358/proposed-exemption-for-dws-investment-management-americas-inc-and-certain-current-and-future-asset","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-21/pdf/2024-03358.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-03358.pdf?1708436713","publication_date":"2024-02-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"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":" United Kingdom) under U.S. law for one count of wire <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> in connection with its role in manipulating the United States Dollar (US Dollar) based LIBOR (the U.S. Conviction). Specifically, on April 23, 2015, the <span class=\"match\">Fraud</span> Section of the Criminal Division and the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice filed a one-count criminal information in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut (the District Court) charging DB Group Services with one count of wire <span class=\"match\">fraud</span>, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises standards relating to denial of coverage for failure to pay past-due premium; excludes Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of \"lawfully present;\" establishes the evidentiary standard HHS uses to assess an agent's, broker's, or web-broker's potential noncompliance; revises the Exchange automatic reenrollment hierarchy; revises standards related to the annual open enrollment period and special enrollment periods; revises standards relating to failure to file and reconcile, income eligibility verifications for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions, annual eligibility redeterminations, de minimis thresholds for the actuarial value for plans subject to essential health benefits (EHB) requirements, and income-based cost-sharing reduction plan variations. This final rule also revises the premium adjustment percentage methodology and prohibits issuers of coverage subject to EHB requirements from providing coverage for specified sex-trait modification procedures as an EHB.","document_number":"2025-11606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11606/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11606.pdf?1750709712","publication_date":"2025-06-25","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":"experiencing hardship, or those whose failure to pay was not their <span class=\"match\">fault</span> or whose enrollment was due to <span class=\"match\">fraud</span>; prohibit an issuer from insisting on payment of past-due premiums for other lines of insurance; and require issuers to allow consumers to appeal the amount of past-due premiums owed and to effectuate coverage pending appeal.\n \n \n Response: \n Under this final rule, an issuer adopting the past-due premium policy must apply it uniformly to all employers or individuals in <span class=\"match\">similar</span> circumstances in the applicable market and State regardless of health"},{"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":"period and notifies the IOTA participant at least 30 days before the normal disposition date; or \n ++ There has been a termination, <span class=\"match\">dispute</span>, or <span class=\"match\">allegation</span> of <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> <span class=\"match\">fault</span> against the IOTA participant or its IOTA collaborators, in which case the records must be maintained for an additional 6 years from the date of any resulting final resolution of the termination, <span class=\"match\">dispute</span>, or <span class=\"match\">allegation</span> of <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> <span class=\"match\">fault</span>. \n \n If CMS notifies the IOTA participant of a special need to retain a record or group of records at least 30 days before the normal"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule describes a new mandatory Medicare payment model, the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (IOTA Model), that would test whether performance-based incentive 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 proposed rule also includes standard provisions that would apply to Innovation Center models whose first performance period begins on or after January 1, 2025, and also would apply, in whole or part, to any Innovation Center model whose first performance period begins prior to January 1, 2025 should such model's governing documentation incorporate the provisions by reference in whole or in part. The proposed 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":"2024-09989","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/17/2024-09989/medicare-program-alternative-payment-model-updates-and-the-increasing-organ-transplant-access-iota","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-17/pdf/2024-09989.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09989.pdf?1715199328","publication_date":"2024-05-17","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"}],"excerpts":"period and notifies the IOTA participant at least 30 days before the normal disposition date; or \n ++ There has been a termination, <span class=\"match\">dispute</span>, or <span class=\"match\">allegation</span> of <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> <span class=\"match\">fault</span> against the IOTA participant or its IOTA collaborators, in which case the records must be maintained for an additional 6 years from the date of any resulting final resolution of the termination, <span class=\"match\">dispute</span>, or <span class=\"match\">allegation</span> of <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> <span class=\"match\">fault</span>. \n If CMS notifies the IOTA participant of a special need to retain a record or group of records at least 30 days before the normal"},{"title":"Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers With Disabilities Using Wheelchairs","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or the Department) is issuing a final rule to strengthen its regulation implementing the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) and to address the serious problems that individuals with disabilities using wheelchairs and scooters face when traveling by air that impact their safety and dignity, including mishandled wheelchairs and scooters and improper transfers to and from aircraft seats, aisle chairs, and personal wheelchairs. This final rule also carries out certain rulemaking provisions required by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024.","document_number":"2024-29731","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29731/ensuring-safe-accommodations-for-air-travelers-with-disabilities-using-wheelchairs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/pdf/2024-29731.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29731.pdf?1734356740","publication_date":"2024-12-17","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"specifically appreciated that this would ease the burden on individuals with disabilities impacted by mishandlings, would not force them to pay the costs upfront out of their own pockets, and would expedite the repair and replacement process. In the event of a <span class=\"match\">dispute</span>, PVA recommended that <span class=\"match\">disputes</span> must be resolved between the carriers and the vendors directly and individuals should not be required to submit additional documents to the carrier.\n \n Airline industry stakeholders generally opposed the direct billing requirement. A4A stated that direct billing"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Education (Department) amends the regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The purpose of these amendments is to better align the Title IX regulatory requirements with Title IX's nondiscrimination mandate. These amendments clarify the scope and application of Title IX and the obligations of recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department, including elementary schools, secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, and other recipients (referred to below as \"recipients\" or \"schools\") to provide an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including through responding to incidents of sex discrimination. These final regulations will enable all recipients to meet their obligations to comply with Title IX while providing them with appropriate discretion and flexibility to account for variations in school size, student populations, and administrative structures.","document_number":"2024-07915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-07915/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-07915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07915.pdf?1713530716","publication_date":"2024-04-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"Department agrees that a single complaint can raise <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> of discrimination on multiple bases. If all of the <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> in a complaint relate to sex discrimination (\n e.g., \n harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity), the <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> can be made in a single complaint and investigated and resolved at the same time under a recipient's Title IX grievance procedures. When <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> involve sex discrimination and discrimination on another basis, a recipient must handle the <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> of sex discrimination under its Title IX grievance"},{"title":"Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduct. The final rule authorizes agencies to move policy-influencing positions into Schedule Policy/Career. These positions will remain career jobs filled on a nonpartisan basis. Yet they will be at-will positions excepted from adverse action procedures or appeals. This will allow agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions who engage in misconduct, perform poorly, or obstruct the democratic process by intentionally subverting Presidential directives. The rule requires agencies to establish internal policies protecting employees from prohibited personnel practices.","document_number":"2026-02375","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02375/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02375.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf?1770299117","publication_date":"2026-02-06","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":"the same or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> positions; \n (4) A Postal Service employee covered by Public Law 100-90 who has completed 1 year of current continuous service in the same or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> positions and who is either a supervisory or management employee or an employee engaged in personnel work in other than a purely nonconfidential clerical capacity; \n (5) An employee in the excepted service who is a nonpreference eligible in an Executive agency as defined at 5 U.S.C. 105, and who has completed 2 years of current continuous service in the same or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> positions under"},{"title":"Federal Management Regulation; Aligning the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) With the Administration's Deregulatory Priorities","type":"Rule","abstract":"GSA is issuing a final rule to streamline and update multiple parts of the FMR to ensure adherence to statutory requirements and improve the effectiveness of the management of aviation, Federal advisory committees, mail, motor vehicles, personal property, real property, and transportation.","document_number":"2025-22915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22915/federal-management-regulation-aligning-the-federal-management-regulation-fmr-with-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-16/pdf/2025-22915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22915.pdf?1765806319","publication_date":"2025-12-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"}],"excerpts":"donated property; \n (b) Notify GSA immediately where there is evidence or <span class=\"match\">allegation</span> of <span class=\"match\">fraud</span>, wrongdoing by a screener, or nonuse, misuse, or unauthorized disposal or destruction of donated property; \n (c) Temporarily defer any further property donations to any donee under investigation for alleged noncompliance until all investigations have been completed and: \n (1) A determination has been made that the <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> are unfounded and the deferment is removed; or \n (2) The <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> are substantiated and the donee is proposed for suspension or debarment;"},{"title":"Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is amending its regulations governing the certification of temporary employment of nonimmigrant workers employed in temporary or seasonal agricultural employment and the enforcement of the contractual obligations applicable to employers of these nonimmigrant workers. The revisions in this final rule focus on strengthening protections for temporary agricultural workers and enhancing the Department's capabilities to monitor program compliance and take necessary enforcement actions against program violators.","document_number":"2024-08333","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-08333/improving-protections-for-workers-in-temporary-agricultural-employment-in-the-united-states","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-08333.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08333.pdf?1714135518","publication_date":"2024-04-29","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":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"}],"excerpts":"discretion to determine what it means. They expressed concern that <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> of substantial harm to a single worker could give rise to immediate discontinuation, and that such <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> do not require any verification prior to immediate discontinuation. IFPA and TIPA both stated that the proposed changes pave the way for abuse by singularly disgruntled employees. Overall, commenters stated that the proposed changes curtail the rights of employers to meaningfully address <span class=\"match\">allegations</span> of substantial harm and will cause significant economic loss through"},{"title":"Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is revising the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements, which is now called the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. The final guidance reflects public comments received in response to the OMB Notification of Proposed Guidance published in October 2023 and comments received from Federal agencies. In response to comments, OMB is revising and updating the guidance to incorporate recent OMB policy priorities related to Federal financial assistance and to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB is also incorporating certain statutory requirements and clarifying certain sections of the prior version of the guidance that recipients or agencies have interpreted in different ways. OMB is also making revisions to use plain language, improve flow, and address inconsistent use of terms within the guidance text. Finally, OMB is making revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance.","document_number":"2024-07496","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/22/2024-07496/guidance-for-federal-financial-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-22/pdf/2024-07496.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07496.pdf?1713271514","publication_date":"2024-04-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"}],"excerpts":"each subrecipient's <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> risk and risk of noncompliance with a subaward to determine the appropriate subrecipient monitoring described in paragraph (f) of this section. When evaluating a subrecipient's risk, a pass-through entity should consider the following: \n (1) The subrecipient's prior experience with the same or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> subawards; \n (2) The results of previous audits. This includes considering whether or not the subrecipient receives a Single Audit in accordance with subpart F and the extent to which the same or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> subawards have been"},{"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":"considered meaningfully different based on tiered provider networks, <span class=\"match\">similar</span> to our stance when we reintroduced the requirement for issuers to offer standardized plan options in the 2023 Payment Notice (87 FR 27311), we reiterate that we continue to design these standardized plan options to be <span class=\"match\">similar</span> to the most popular QHPs in FFEs and SBE-FPs in terms of cost sharing parameters, annual limitation on cost sharing values, and deductibles in order to ensure these plans are <span class=\"match\">similar</span> to plans that most consumers are already currently enrolled in, thereby"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2025 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program; and Medicare Overpayments","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of establishment of new policies for, the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; updates to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded model; payment for dental services inextricably linked to specific covered medical services; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B including immunosuppressive drugs and clotting factors; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers; electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; updates to Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule regulations; updates to the diabetes payment structure and PHE flexibilities; expansion of colorectal cancer screening and Hepatitis B vaccine coverage and payment; establishing payment for drugs covered as additional preventive services; Medicare Parts A and B Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and Medicare Parts C and D Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act.","document_number":"2024-25382","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/09/2024-25382/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2025-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-09/pdf/2024-25382.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25382.pdf?1730492138","publication_date":"2024-12-09","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":"determination or a final agency determination under subpart I and issue a revised initial determination: (i) at any time in the case of <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> <span class=\"match\">fault</span> as defined in § 405.902; \n 583 \n \n or (ii) not later than 4 years after the date of the notification to the ACO of the initial determination of savings or losses for the relevant performance year, for good cause.\n \n \n \n 583 \n  As defined in § 405.902, “<span class=\"match\">similar</span> <span class=\"match\">fault</span>” means to obtain, retain, convert, seek, or receive Medicare funds to which a person knows or should reasonably be expected to know"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicaid, Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, drug coverage, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This proposed rule also includes proposals to codify existing subregulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2024-27939","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/10/2024-27939/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-10/pdf/2024-27939.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27939.pdf?1732656194","publication_date":"2024-12-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"later on the basis of lack of medical necessity and may not reopen such a decision for any reason except for good cause (as provided at §§ 405.986 and 422.616 of this chapter) or if there is reliable evidence of <span class=\"match\">fraud</span> or <span class=\"match\">similar</span> <span class=\"match\">fault</span> per the reopening provisions at § 422.616. The definitions of the terms “reliable evidence” and “<span class=\"match\">similar</span> <span class=\"match\">fault</span>” in § 405.902 of this chapter apply to this provision.\n \n \n \n 15. Section 422.162 is amended by revising paragraphs (b)(3)(iv)(A)(\n 2 \n ) and (b)(3)(iv)(B)(\n 2 \n ) to read as follows:\n \n \n § 422.162 \n \n \n (b)"}]}