{"description":"Documents matching 'fragmented business networks restricted engagement'","count":211,"total_pages":11,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=fragmented+business+networks+restricted+engagement&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rules on Firm and Engagement Metrics and Related Amendments to PCAOB Standards","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2024-28142","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/11/2024-28142/public-company-accounting-oversight-board-notice-of-filing-of-proposed-rules-on-firm-and-engagement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-11/pdf/2024-28142.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28142.pdf?1733838314","publication_date":"2024-12-11","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":"spread. \n Metrics at Firm and <span class=\"match\">Engagement</span> Level \n \n The final rules require reporting of metrics at both the firm and the <span class=\"match\">engagement</span> levels. Firm-level metrics relate to aspects of the firm's audit practice (\n e.g., \n average experience at a public accounting firm of the firm's partners) and <span class=\"match\">engagement</span>-level metrics relate to individual audit <span class=\"match\">engagements</span> (\n e.g., \n experience at a public accounting firm of the <span class=\"match\">engagement</span> partner and the <span class=\"match\">engagement</span> quality reviewer (“EQR”) and average experience of certain other <span class=\"match\">engagement</span> team members). The Board is"},{"title":"Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule seeks to advance interoperability, improve transparency, and support the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information through proposals for: standards adoption; adoption of certification criteria to advance public health data exchange; expanded uses of certified application programming interfaces, such as for electronic prior authorization, patient access, care management, and care coordination; and information sharing under the information blocking regulations. It proposes to establish a new baseline version of the United States Core Data for Interoperability. The proposed rule would update the ONC Health IT Certification Program to enhance interoperability and optimize certification processes to reduce burden and costs. The proposed rule would also implement certain provisions related to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), which would support the reliability, privacy, security, and trust within TEFCA.","document_number":"2024-14975","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/05/2024-14975/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-patient-engagement-information-sharing-and-public-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-05/pdf/2024-14975.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14975.pdf?1721825115","publication_date":"2024-08-05","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":"different <span class=\"match\">networks</span>, TEFCA will help to ensure full <span class=\"match\">network</span>-to-<span class=\"match\">network</span> exchange of health information. Doing so will simplify exchange by significantly reducing the number of connections (\n e.g., \n portals) that individuals, health care providers, and other interested parties need to make to get the health information they seek. It does so by creating baseline governance, legal, and technical requirements that will enable secure information sharing across different <span class=\"match\">networks</span> nationwide, including: a common method for authenticating trusted <span class=\"match\">network</span> participants"},{"title":"Standards-Related Activities and the Export Administration Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this interim final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to revise the scope and the terms used in the EAR to describe \"standards- related activities\" that are subject to the EAR. BIS is making these revisions to ensure that export controls and associated compliance concerns do not impede the participation and leadership of U.S. companies in legitimate standards- related activities.","document_number":"2024-15810","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/18/2024-15810/standards-related-activities-and-the-export-administration-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-18/pdf/2024-15810.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15810.pdf?1721220333","publication_date":"2024-07-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"submitting <span class=\"match\">business</span> confidential information should clearly identify the <span class=\"match\">business</span> confidential portion at the time of submission, file a statement justifying nondisclosure and referring to the specific legal authority claimed, and also provide a non-confidential version of the submission. \n \n For comments submitted electronically containing <span class=\"match\">business</span> confidential information, the file name of the <span class=\"match\">business</span> confidential version should begin with the characters “BC.” Any page containing <span class=\"match\">business</span> confidential information must be clearly marked “<span class=\"match\">BUSINESS</span> CONFIDENTIAL”"},{"title":"Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice is issuing a final rule to implement Executive Order 14117 of February 28, 2024 (Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government- Related Data by Countries of Concern), by prohibiting and restricting certain data transactions with certain countries or persons.","document_number":"2024-31486","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-31486/preventing-access-to-us-sensitive-personal-data-and-government-related-data-by-countries-of-concern","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-31486.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31486.pdf?1735911918","publication_date":"2025-01-08","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"}],"excerpts":"requirements will not ordinarily result in a de facto prohibition on <span class=\"match\">restricted</span> transactions and instead would typically permit <span class=\"match\">restricted</span> transactions to go forward. As CISA's final security requirements point out, a U.S. <span class=\"match\">business</span> could choose to fully deny a covered person access to government-related data or bulk U.S. sensitive personal data while still executing a <span class=\"match\">restricted</span> transaction that would otherwise allow access to the <span class=\"match\">business's</span> <span class=\"match\">networks</span> and systems. For example, a U.S. <span class=\"match\">business</span> that holds bulk U.S. sensitive personal data could accept an investment"},{"title":"Establishment of the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument","type":"Presidential Document","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-01443","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01443/establishment-of-the-stttla-highlands-national-monument","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01443.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01443.pdf?1737044113","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT","name":"Executive Office of the President","id":538,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/executive-office-of-the-president","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/538","parent_id":null,"slug":"executive-office-of-the-president"}],"excerpts":"cutting implements. Larger obsidian blades, including those quarried and found in Sáttítla, were highly prized as items of wealth and prestige in Indigenous cultures throughout the region. Obsidian quarried within Sáttítla was an important resource in a broad Indigenous trade <span class=\"match\">network</span> throughout northern California and the California Coast, and within southern Oregon. The Indigenous peoples of the region believe that distinct sources of Sáttítla obsidian—such as obsidian deposits in the central part of this area—retain special roles and significance in"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposals are intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry. We are proposing new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs), including issuers that offer small group market QHPs on the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF- SHOP) Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as \"small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs\") (collectively \"impacted payers\"), to make available electronic prior authorization for drugs. We are also proposing to extend many existing interoperability requirements for the prior authorization of non-drug items and services to include prior authorizations for drugs to further reduce patient and provider burden. We are also proposing to require impacted payers to report their application programming interfaces (API) endpoints and related information for the Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs to CMS. To help assess the impact of our policies, we are proposing to collect API usage metrics. In addition, we are proposing to apply the existing interoperability requirements to small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs as impacted payers. To improve impacted payers' ability to exchange health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability, we are proposing to require certain Health Level Seven (HL7[supreg]) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR[supreg]) implementation guides (IGs) that are currently recommended. In addition, HHS is proposing to adopt the HL7 FHIR base standard and certain associated specifications and IGs as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as \"HIPAA\") (Pub. L. 104-191, enacted Aug. 21, 1996) standards for dental, professional, and institutional \"referral certification and authorization\" transactions and \"eligibility for a health plan\" transactions associated with prior authorization. We are proposing to add a definition for \"failure to report,\" which would allow CMS to impose a civil monetary penalty (CMP) on applicable manufacturers or applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) if those entities fail to grant CMS timely access to documents for the purposes of an audit. Finally, ONC is using this rulemaking to propose to adopt updated versions of certain health information technology (health IT) standards and specifications for HHS use, such as CMS's interoperability requirements, to support a more robust health IT infrastructure.","document_number":"2026-07205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07205.pdf?1775852111","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"plan applying for QHP certification to be offered through the FFE does not satisfy the <span class=\"match\">network</span> adequacy standards described in paragraphs 45 CFR 156.230(a)(2)(i)(A) and 45 CFR 156.230(a)(2)(i)(B), as part of its QHP application, the issuer must include a justification describing how the plan's provider <span class=\"match\">network</span> provides an adequate level of service for enrollees and how the plan's provider <span class=\"match\">network</span> will be strengthened and brought closer to compliance with the <span class=\"match\">network</span> adequacy standards prior to the start of the plan year. The issuer must provide information"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for Five Species of Threatened Indo-Pacific Corals","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, NMFS, designate critical habitat for five threatened Indo- Pacific coral species, Acropora globiceps, A. retusa, A. speciosa, Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa (formerly Euphyllia paradivisa), and Isopora crateriformis, pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Final critical habitat includes 18 specific areas encompassing approximately 237 square kilometers (km\\2\\; 92 square miles, mi\\2\\) of marine habitat in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Pacific Remote Island Areas, and Hawai[revaps]i. We have considered economic, national security, and other relevant impacts of the designations, but are not excluding any areas from the critical habitat designations due to anticipated impacts.","document_number":"2025-13238","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/15/2025-13238/endangered-and-threatened-species-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-five-species-of-threatened","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-15/pdf/2025-13238.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13238.pdf?1752497119","publication_date":"2025-07-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"corals are limited to relatively small areas rather than broadly around each island, thus critical habitat should be <span class=\"match\">restricted</span> to those areas where data show the species currently occur. Another commenter made a similar assertion, stating that the maps of proposed coral critical habitat are substrate maps rather than coral distribution maps, and thus inappropriately broad. Both commenters urged that coral critical habitat be <span class=\"match\">restricted</span> to just those areas where current data show that colonies of listed corals occur.\n \n \n Response: \n We agree that both"},{"title":"The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is adopting amendments to its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 (\"Securities Act\") and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\") that will require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. The final rules will require information about a registrant's climate- related risks that have materially impacted, or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on, its business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, under the final rules, certain disclosures related to severe weather events and other natural conditions will be required in a registrant's audited financial statements.","document_number":"2024-05137","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/28/2024-05137/the-enhancement-and-standardization-of-climate-related-disclosures-for-investors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-28/pdf/2024-05137.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05137.pdf?1711543524","publication_date":"2024-03-28","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":"yet articulated a <span class=\"match\">business</span> model, or does not believe that its <span class=\"match\">business</span> model is or will be materially impacted by climate-related \n \n risks, it need not provide the disclosure specified in this rule provision.\n \n \n \n 443 \n  \n See \n letter from ABA.\n \n \n \n \n 444 \n  \n See, e.g., <span class=\"match\">business</span> model, Oxford English Dictionary \n (2023), available at \n https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/2631068139 \n ; and \n <span class=\"match\">business</span> model, Cambridge <span class=\"match\">Business</span> English Dictionary \n (2023), available at \n https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/<span class=\"match\">business</span>-model \n .\n \n \n \n"},{"title":"National Wildlife Refuge System; 2024-2025 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), open or expand hunting opportunities on 12 National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs). We also close hunting on 111 acres at Crab Orchard NWR so that the area can be repurposed for other recreational uses, including camping. We also make changes to existing station-specific regulations in order to reduce the regulatory burden on the public, increase access for hunters and anglers on Service lands and waters, and comply with a Presidential mandate for plain-language standards. Finally, the best available science, analyzed as part of this rulemaking, indicates that lead ammunition and tackle have negative impacts on both wildlife and human health. With this final rule, Canaan Valley NWR in West Virginia will require lead-free ammunition for all hunting on the new Big Cove Unit. Additionally, Des Lacs, J. Clark Salyer, Lostwood, and Upper Souris NWRs in North Dakota will require lead-free ammunition for newly opened elk hunting. While the Service continues to evaluate the future of lead use in hunting and fishing on Service lands and waters, this rulemaking does not include any opportunities that increase or authorize the new use of lead.","document_number":"2024-25905","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-25905/national-wildlife-refuge-system-2024-2025-station-specific-hunting-and-sport-fishing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-25905.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25905.pdf?1730900740","publication_date":"2024-11-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":", \n <span class=\"match\">fragments</span> and particles) and once it is inside an animal.\n \n \n First, as briefly described in our response to \n Comment (7), \n lead ammunition, including bonded lead ammunition, <span class=\"match\">fragments</span> when it hits an animal, and this distributes tiny pieces of lead within a wide radius in the soft tissues of the harvested animal (see Trinogga et al. (2019). Fragmentation of lead-free and lead-based hunting rifle bullets under real life hunting conditions in Germany. Amibo 48(9): pp. 1056-1064 (published online March 23, 2019)). These tiny <span class=\"match\">fragments</span> of lead"},{"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":"they have provider <span class=\"match\">networks</span> and facility <span class=\"match\">networks</span> that are substantially similar to those of the relinquishing integrated D-SNP. In our attempts to utilize passive enrollment, we found that while prospective receiving integrated D-SNPs had Medicare provider and facility <span class=\"match\">networks</span> that met the MA <span class=\"match\">network</span> adequacy criteria at § 422.116, these <span class=\"match\">networks</span> weren't substantially similar to the provider and facility <span class=\"match\">networks</span> in the relinquishing integrated D-SNPs. \n \n We acknowledge that the substantially similar provider and facility <span class=\"match\">networks</span> requirement that"},{"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":" items that are attributed patient <span class=\"match\">engagement</span> incentives must be provided directly to an attributed patient and an IOTA participant must pay a service provider directly for any services that are offered as attributed patient <span class=\"match\">engagement</span> incentives. An IOTA participant must not offer attributed patient <span class=\"match\">engagement</span> incentives that are tied to the receipt of items of services from a particular provider or supplier or advertise or promote items or services that are attributed patient <span class=\"match\">engagement</span> incentives, except to make an attributed patient aware of"},{"title":"GENIUS Act Requirements and Standards for FDIC-Supervised Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuers and Insured Depository Institutions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is soliciting comment on a proposal that would implement certain requirements pursuant to the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) applicable to FDIC-supervised permitted payment stablecoin issuers and insured depository institutions, clarify deposit insurance coverage for deposits held as reserve assets for payment stablecoins, and clarify the treatment of tokenized deposits.","document_number":"2026-06974","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06974/genius-act-requirements-and-standards-for-fdic-supervised-permitted-payment-stablecoin-issuers-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06974.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06974.pdf?1775738716","publication_date":"2026-04-10","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":"shall redeem a payment stablecoin no later than two <span class=\"match\">business</span> days following the date of the requested redemption in proposed § 350.5(b)(1). Under the proposal, two <span class=\"match\">business</span> days would be the maximum amount of time a PPSI could choose to redeem payment stablecoins, but a PPSI could choose a shorter time period. The FDIC recognizes that the market may expect redemptions to occur far more quickly than two <span class=\"match\">business</span> days. The FDIC is requesting comment on this provision on whether the number of <span class=\"match\">business</span> days is appropriate. In addition, consistent with"},{"title":"Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is amending Regulation B to implement changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) made by section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). Consistent with section 1071, covered financial institutions are required to collect and report to the CFPB data on applications for credit for small businesses, including those that are owned by women or minorities. The final rule also addresses the CFPB's approach to privacy interests and the publication of data; shielding certain demographic data from underwriters and other persons; recordkeeping requirements; enforcement provisions; and the rule's effective and compliance dates.","document_number":"2023-07230","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/31/2023-07230/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-31/pdf/2023-07230.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-07230.pdf?1685450721","publication_date":"2023-05-31","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":"reevaluation, extension, or renewal requests on existing <span class=\"match\">business</span> credit accounts, unless the request seeks additional credit amounts; or (2) inquiries and prequalification requests.\n \n \n Small <span class=\"match\">business</span> definition. \n A covered financial institution is required to collect and report data on a covered application from a “small <span class=\"match\">business</span>,” which the rule defines in accordance with the meaning of “<span class=\"match\">business</span> concern or concern” and “small <span class=\"match\">business</span> concern” under the Small <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Act \n 6 \n \n and Small <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Administration (SBA) regulations. However, in lieu"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise 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":"2025-21456","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21456/medicare-program-contract-year-2027-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare-advantage-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21456.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21456.pdf?1764105313","publication_date":"2025-11-28","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":"have provider <span class=\"match\">networks</span> and facility <span class=\"match\">networks</span> that are substantially similar to those of the relinquishing integrated D-SNP. In our attempts to utilize passive enrollment, we found that while prospective receiving integrated D-SNPs had Medicare provider and facility <span class=\"match\">networks</span> that meet the MA <span class=\"match\">network</span> adequacy criteria at § 422.116, these <span class=\"match\">networks</span> weren't substantially similar to the provider and facility <span class=\"match\">networks</span> in the relinquishing integrated D-SNPs. \n \n We acknowledge that the substantially similar provider and facility <span class=\"match\">networks</span> requirement that"},{"title":"Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet; Restoring Internet Freedom","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts a Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, Order, and Order on Reconsideration that reestablishes the Commission's authority over broadband internet access service (BIAS). The Declaratory Ruling classifies broadband internet access service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act, providing the Commission with additional authority to safeguard national security, advance public safety, protect consumers, and facilitate broadband deployment. The Order establishes broad, tailored forbearance of the Commission's application of Title II to broadband providers while maintaining Title II provisions the Commission needs to fulfill its obligations and objectives. The Report and Order reinstates straightforward, clear rules that prohibit blocking, throttling, or engaging in paid or affiliated prioritization arrangements, adopts certain enhancements to the transparency rule, and reinstates a general conduct standard that prohibits unreasonable interference or unreasonable disadvantage to consumers or edge providers. The Order on Reconsideration partially grants and otherwise dismisses as moot four petitions for reconsideration filed in response to the 2020 Restoring Internet Freedom Remand Order.","document_number":"2024-10674","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/22/2024-10674/safeguarding-and-securing-the-open-internet-restoring-internet-freedom","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-22/pdf/2024-10674.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10674.pdf?1716295515","publication_date":"2024-05-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"deployed on non-standalone 5G <span class=\"match\">networks</span> (\n i.e., \n 5G <span class=\"match\">networks</span> with a 4G LTE core <span class=\"match\">network</span>).\n \n 185. Proponents of <span class=\"match\">network</span> slicing ask us to clarify that <span class=\"match\">network</span> slicing or certain services delivered using <span class=\"match\">network</span> slicing are “non-BIAS”—and thus not subject to Title II regulation—or are reasonable <span class=\"match\">network</span> management practices under our open internet rules. They argue that <span class=\"match\">network</span> slicing allows for the efficient management of finite mobile <span class=\"match\">network</span> resources and eliminates the need for the deployment of separate physical <span class=\"match\">networks</span> for different types of services"},{"title":"National Wildlife Refuge System; 2023-2024 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), expand hunting opportunities on three National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs). We also make changes to existing station-specific regulations in order to reduce the regulatory burden on the public, increase access for hunters and anglers on Service lands and waters, and comply with a Presidential mandate for plain language standards. Finally, the best available science, analyzed as part of this rulemaking, indicates that lead ammunition and tackle have negative impacts on both wildlife and human health. In this rule, Blackwater, Chincoteague, Eastern Neck, Erie, Great Thicket, Patuxent Research Refuge, Rachel Carson, and Wallops Island NWRs each adopt a non-lead requirement, which will take effect on September 1, 2026. While the Service continues to evaluate the future of lead use in hunting and fishing on Service lands and waters, this rulemaking does not include any opportunities increasing or authorizing the new use of lead beyond fall 2026.","document_number":"2023-23847","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/30/2023-23847/national-wildlife-refuge-system-2023-2024-station-specific-hunting-and-sport-fishing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-30/pdf/2023-23847.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-23847.pdf?1698410783","publication_date":"2023-10-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"(\n e.g., \n <span class=\"match\">fragments</span> and particles) and once inside an animal. First, as briefly described in response to \n Comment (6), \n lead ammunition, including bonded lead ammunition, <span class=\"match\">fragments</span> when it hits an animal, and this distributes tiny pieces of lead within a wide radius in the soft tissues of the harvested animal (see “Fragmentation of lead-free and lead-based hunting rifle bullets under real life hunting conditions in Germany,” Trinogga et al., Ambio. 2019 Sep; 48(9): 1056-1064 (published online March 23, 2019)). These tiny <span class=\"match\">fragments</span> of lead are"},{"title":"Implementing the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act for the Issuance of Stablecoins by Entities Subject to the Jurisdiction of the National Credit Union Administration","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The NCUA Board (Board) is seeking comment on proposed regulations to implement portions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The GENIUS Act charges the NCUA with licensing, regulating, and supervising Payment Stablecoin issuers that are subsidiaries of federally insured credit unions (FICU subsidiaries). In February 2026, the NCUA issued proposed regulations to govern investments in and licensing of permitted payment stablecoin issuers subject to the NCUA's jurisdiction. This current proposal supplements the previous proposal and would govern the issuance of Payment Stablecoins and certain related activities by entities subject to the NCUA's jurisdiction. This proposal would also make amendments to address share insurance coverage, tokenized shares, and other conforming and clarifying amendments.","document_number":"2026-09915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/18/2026-09915/implementing-the-guiding-and-establishing-national-innovation-for-us-stablecoins-act-for-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-18/pdf/2026-09915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09915.pdf?1778849126","publication_date":"2026-05-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Credit Union Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"capital component based on the Fair Value of assets held in custody. Operating a custody <span class=\"match\">business</span> generates a separate set of risks from operating a Payment Stablecoin <span class=\"match\">business</span>, and the risk is potentially increased compared with a standalone custody <span class=\"match\">business</span>, as any loss of the assets in custody could also impact operations of the custody <span class=\"match\">business</span>. This capital component could \n \n reflect costs associated with providing for ongoing operation of a PPSI's custody <span class=\"match\">business</span>, irrespective of the success or failure of the associated Payment Stablecoin issuance"},{"title":"Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 (the \"Ryan Haight Act\") generally requires an in-person medical evaluation prior to the issuance of a prescription of controlled substances but provides an exception to this in-person medical evaluation requirement where the practitioner is engaged in the \"practice of telemedicine\" within the meaning of the Ryan Haight Act. These proposed regulatory changes would establish a Special Registration framework and authorize three types of Special Registration. This proposed rulemaking also provides for heightened prescription, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. DEA believes such changes are necessary to effectively expand patient access to controlled substance medications via telemedicine while mitigating the risks of diversion associated with such expansion. A summary of this rule may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DEA-2023-0029.","document_number":"2025-01099","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01099/special-registrations-for-telemedicine-and-limited-state-telemedicine-registrations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01099.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01099.pdf?1736948758","publication_date":"2025-01-17","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":"Drug Enforcement Administration","name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","id":116,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/drug-enforcement-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/116","parent_id":268,"slug":"drug-enforcement-administration"}],"excerpts":"Classification System (“NAICS”) codes that most closely represent <span class=\"match\">businesses</span> that employ the potential applicants for the Special Registrations for Telemedicine. Then, DEA researched economic data for those codes. The source of the economic data is the Small <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Administration (“SBA”), Office of Advocacy, and is based on data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Statistics of U.S. <span class=\"match\">Businesses</span> (“SUSB”).\n 194 \n \n The following <span class=\"match\">business</span> NAICS codes are estimated to represent <span class=\"match\">businesses</span> that employ the affected persons (potential applicants):\n \n \n "},{"title":"Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital- related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); update and make changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and make other policy-related changes.","document_number":"2026-07203","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07203/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-ipps-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07203.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07203.pdf?1775852113","publication_date":"2026-04-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"the value of broad health information exchange <span class=\"match\">networks</span> to patient care \n 427 \n \n and the fact that such <span class=\"match\">networks</span> are more valuable to each participant as more and more participants are present in the <span class=\"match\">network</span>.\n 428 \n \n \n \n \n 427 \n  Menachemi N, Rahurkar S, Harle CA, Vest JR. The benefits of health information exchange: an updated systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2018 Sep;25(9):1259-65.\n \n \n \n \n 428 \n  Yaraghi N, Du AY, Sharman R, Gopal RD, Ramesh R. <span class=\"match\">Network</span> effects in health information exchange growth."},{"title":"Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is adopting reforms to its pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures, pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Procedures, pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, and pro forma Small Generator Interconnection Agreement to address interconnection queue backlogs, improve certainty, and prevent undue discrimination for new technologies. The reforms are intended to ensure that the generator interconnection process is just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential.","document_number":"2023-16628","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/06/2023-16628/improvements-to-generator-interconnection-procedures-and-agreements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-09-06/pdf/2023-16628.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-16628.pdf?1693917916","publication_date":"2023-09-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"Specifically, we adopt the proposed revisions to the definition of stand alone <span class=\"match\">network</span> upgrade to clarify that, for a <span class=\"match\">network</span> upgrade to be eligible for treatment as a stand alone <span class=\"match\">network</span> upgrade, the <span class=\"match\">network</span> upgrade must be required for only one interconnection customer and must meet the other existing requirements in the definition of stand alone <span class=\"match\">network</span> upgrade. We address further modifications to the definition of stand alone <span class=\"match\">network</span> upgrade below where discussing <span class=\"match\">network</span> upgrade cost allocation (section III.A.4.c of this final rule). We also adopt"}]}