{"description":"Documents matching 'most individuals medicaid establishes beneficiary'","count":2729,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=most+individuals+medicaid+establishes+beneficiary&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) interprets and implements the community engagement requirement in Medicaid under section 1902(xx) of the Social Security Act. States are required to implement the new requirement no later than January 1, 2027. This IFC specifies the requirements and expectations for States, including the Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries who must demonstrate community engagement as a condition of their eligibility, the types of qualifying activities that satisfy the community engagement requirement, the criteria to meet an exception from the requirement (that is, be deemed compliant), and the criteria to meet a specified exclusion from the requirement. It also specifies requirements for verification of qualifying activities, outreach to affected populations, steps States must take if they determine individuals are noncompliant, and additional operational considerations for States. Finally, this IFC specifies implementation timing and establishes new State reporting requirements.","document_number":"2026-11094","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11094/medicaid-program-community-engagement-requirement-for-certain-individuals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11094.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf?1780346707","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"legislation includes significant changes in <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) affecting eligibility, program operations, and oversight capabilities. It also <span class=\"match\">establishes</span> new accountability measures for <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> and CHIP. Among other changes to <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span>, section 71119(a) of the WFTC legislation added section 1902(xx) of the Act to <span class=\"match\">establish</span> a community engagement requirement for certain adults applying for or enrolled in <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span>. This requirement has the potential to empower <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> through employment, education, or"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would require that a State Medicaid plan must provide that the Medicaid agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-rejecting procedures for children under 18 and prohibit the use of Federal Medicaid dollars to fund sex-rejecting procedures for individuals under the age of 18. In addition, it would require that a separate State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plan must provide that the CHIP agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-rejecting procedures for children under 19 and prohibit the use of Federal CHIP dollars to fund sex-rejecting procedures for individuals under the age of 19.","document_number":"2025-23464","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/19/2025-23464/medicaid-program-prohibition-on-federal-medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-program-funding-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-19/pdf/2025-23464.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23464.pdf?1766065528","publication_date":"2025-12-19","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":"en-and-youth. \n \n \n E. States' Duty To Ensure <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> and CHIP Services for Children Are Consistent With Quality of Care and the Best Interests of <span class=\"match\">Beneficiaries</span> \n Under section 1902(a)(19) of the Act, State <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> agencies are required to ensure that <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span>-covered services are in the best interests of <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span>; as relevant to this proposed rule, children under age 18. Additionally, States are required, under section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Act, to ensure that <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> payments for <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> covered services are consistent, in relevant part"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule describes alternatives to modify the limit on the total payment rate and other requirements for State directed payments in Medicaid managed care. We propose these changes based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (the Act) with respect to prepaid inpatient health plans and prepaid ambulatory health plans, and section 1903(m)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act, which require that contracts between States and managed care organizations to provide payments under a risk- based contract for services and associated administrative costs that are actuarially sound. This rule also proposes to set a limit for certain targeted Medicaid payments in Medicaid fee-for-service. We propose this change based on our authority to interpret and implement section 1902(a)(30)(A) of the Act with respect to certain targeted Medicaid payments which require that payments be consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers so that care and services are available under the plan at least to the extent that such care and services are available to the general population in the geographic area.","document_number":"2026-10292","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10292/medicaid-program-medicaid-managed-care-state-directed-payments-and-medicaid-fee-for-service-targeted","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-22/pdf/2026-10292.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10292.pdf?1779308109","publication_date":"2026-05-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"payment to all <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> providers on a per claim basis for services rendered to a <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiary</span> in a FFS environment, including any payment adjustments, add-ons, or other additional payments made to a provider that can be attributed to services identifiable as having been provided to an <span class=\"match\">individual</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiary</span>. Operationally, in a FFS delivery system, base payments are generally predetermined rates that States pay providers for specific services according to their <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> fee schedule. We note that per the Ensuring Access to <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> Services final"},{"title":"Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Request for Information Regarding the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This request for information seeks input from the public on whether any additions or modifications are needed to the safe harbor regulations under the Federal anti-kickback statute or the exceptions to the civil monetary penalty provision prohibiting inducements to beneficiaries (the \"Beneficiary Inducements CMP\") for emerging direct-to-consumer (\"DTC\") sales programs established by pharmaceutical manufacturers, including those that will be available through TrumpRx.","document_number":"2026-01817","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/29/2026-01817/medicare-and-state-health-care-programs-fraud-and-abuse-request-for-information-regarding-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-29/pdf/2026-01817.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01817.pdf?1769548507","publication_date":"2026-01-29","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 Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services","name":"Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department","id":245,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/inspector-general-office-health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/245","parent_id":221,"slug":"inspector-general-office-health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"health care programs, but the CMP applicable to <span class=\"match\">beneficiary</span> inducements remains limited to Medicare and State health care program <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span>. Since 1981, Congress has created various other CMP authorities covering numerous types of fraud and abuse. \n Section 1128A(a)(5) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7a(a)(5), the <span class=\"match\">Beneficiary</span> Inducements CMP, provides for the imposition of CMPs against any person who offers or transfers remuneration to a Medicare or State health care program (including <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span>) <span class=\"match\">beneficiary</span> that the benefactor knows or should know is"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations-Closing a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule addresses a loophole in a regulatory statistical test applied to State proposals for Medicaid tax waivers. The test is designed to ensure, as required by statute, that non- uniform or non-broad-based health care-related taxes, authorized under a waiver, are generally redistributive. The inadvertent loophole currently allows some health care-related taxes, especially taxes on managed care organizations, to be imposed at higher tax rates on Medicaid taxable units than non-Medicaid taxable units, contrary to statutory and regulatory intent for health care-related taxes to be generally redistributive. The final rule closes the loophole by finalizing the policies in the proposed rule to add additional safeguards to ensure that tax waivers that exploit the loophole because they pass the current statistical test, but are not generally redistributive, are not approvable. By adding these safeguards, the final rule is also implementing recently added statutory requirements for a tax to be considered generally redistributive.","document_number":"2026-02040","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/02/2026-02040/medicaid-program-preserving-medicaid-funding-for-vulnerable-populations-closing-a-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-02/pdf/2026-02040.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02040.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-02-02","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":"redistributive,” which we have <span class=\"match\">established</span> in this context means the tax program generally generates tax revenues from entities that serve relatively lower percentages of <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> and uses the tax revenue as the State's share of <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> payments. A tax that does the opposite, by <span class=\"match\">establishing</span> lower tax rates on entities that serve relatively lower percentages of <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> or on non-<span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> items or services (compared to entities that serve relatively higher percentages of <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span>) is clearly not generally redistributive"},{"title":"Notice of Medicaid Information Sharing Between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice announces that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), will share certain information with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and its component agency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement consistent with federal laws requiring the provision of information to DHS.","document_number":"2025-20911","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20911/notice-of-medicaid-information-sharing-between-the-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20911.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20911.pdf?1763741710","publication_date":"2025-11-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"Medicare &amp; <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> Services (CMS), with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). CMS partners with states to administer <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span>. In doing so, CMS collects information regarding <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> for a variety of purposes related to administration, oversight, and program integrity. This notice applies to data collected by CMS in connection with its role in the <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> program. \n CMS receives information related to immigration status because it is relevant to the <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> program"},{"title":"Medical Billing for Healthcare Services Provided by Department of Defense Military Medical Treatment Facilities to Civilian Non-Beneficiaries","type":"Rule","abstract":"As required by the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA-23), this rule reduces financial harm to civilians who are not covered beneficiaries of the Military Health System (MHS), and who receive healthcare services at DoD military medical treatment facilities (MTF). The rulemaking implements the MHS Modified Payment and Waiver Program (MPWP) through which the DoD applies a sliding fee scale and/or a catastrophic fee waiver to medical invoices of certain non-beneficiaries and accepts payments from health insurers of non-beneficiaries as full payment except for copays, coinsurance, deductibles, nominal fees and non- covered services.","document_number":"2026-02437","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02437/medical-billing-for-healthcare-services-provided-by-department-of-defense-military-medical-treatment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02437.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02437.pdf?1770299125","publication_date":"2026-02-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"criteria applicable to civilian non-<span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span>, rather than by exercising discretion to discharge indebtedness with respect to non-<span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span>. Consequently, to reduce avoidable gross income to a patient under 26 U.S.C. 61, DoD will consider a waiver under 10 U.S.C. 1079b(b) of an <span class=\"match\">individual's</span> responsibility to pay charges only after any sliding scale discounts and catastrophic cap on charges have been applied.\n \n V. Summary of Current Billing and Collection Processes Involving Non-<span class=\"match\">Beneficiaries</span> \n For non-<span class=\"match\">beneficiary</span> medical encounters occurring prior"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Quality Measure Set is a set of nationally standardized quality measures for Medicaid- funded HCBS that is intended to promote more common and consistent use within and across States of nationally standardized quality measures in HCBS programs, create opportunities for CMS and States to have comparative quality data on HCBS programs, and drive improvement in quality of care and outcomes for people receiving HCBS. The purpose of this notice with comment period is to solicit public comment on the 2028 HCBS Quality Measure Set. Specifically, it is intended to solicit public comment on: proposed mandatory and voluntary measures for the 2028 HCBS Quality Measure Set; how States collect, calculate, and report data on the measures in the proposed 2028 HCBS Quality Measure Set; the proposed measures in the 2028 HCBS Quality Measure Set for which States are required to report stratified data, including rural/ urban status; the proposed stratification factors for each of the measures in the 2028 HCBS Quality Measure Set for which States are required to report stratified data; the populations for which States are proposed to report the measures in the 2028 HCBS Quality Measure Set; and the proposed reporting schedule.","document_number":"2026-08190","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/28/2026-08190/medicaid-program-2028-medicaid-home-and-community-based-services-quality-measure-set","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-28/pdf/2026-08190.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08190.pdf?1777293909","publication_date":"2026-04-28","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":" public comments that make threats to <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> or institutions or suggest that the commenter will take actions to harm an <span class=\"match\">individual</span>. We continue to encourage <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> not to submit duplicative comments. We will post acceptable comments from multiple unique commenters even if the content is identical or nearly identical to other comments.\n \n I. Background \n A. <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) \n \n Home and community-based services (HCBS) provide opportunities for <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> to receive services in their own homes"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations-Closing a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole Proposed Rule","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule is intended to address a loophole in a regulatory statistical test applied to State proposals for Medicaid tax waivers. The test is designed to ensure, as required by statute, that non-uniform or non-broad -based health care-related taxes, authorized under a waiver, are generally redistributive. The inadvertent loophole currently allows some health care-related taxes, especially taxes on managed care organizations, to be imposed at higher tax rates on Medicaid taxable units than non-Medicaid taxable units, contrary to statutory and regulatory intent for health care-related taxes to be generally redistributive. The proposed provisions would better implement the statutory requirements by adding additional safeguards to ensure that tax waivers that exploit the loophole because they pass the current statistical test, but are not generally redistributive, are not approvable.","document_number":"2025-08566","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/15/2025-08566/medicaid-program-preserving-medicaid-funding-for-vulnerable-populations-closing-a-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-15/pdf/2025-08566.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08566.pdf?1747080968","publication_date":"2025-05-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"entities with less <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> business. Although the entities with a higher percentage of <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> business may also pay the tax, they often receive more total <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> payments than they pay in tax, and therefore benefit from these arrangements. By contrast, entities that serve a relatively low percentage of <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> or no <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> often do not receive <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> payments in an amount equal to or higher than their cost of paying the tax. These entities do not benefit financially because they do not receive <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> payments sufficient"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Streamlining the Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes","type":"Rule","abstract":"This is the second part of a two-part final rule that simplifies the eligibility and enrollment processes for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Basic Health Program (BHP). This rule aligns enrollment and renewal requirements for most individuals in Medicaid; establishes beneficiary protections related to returned mail; creates timeliness requirements for redeterminations of eligibility; makes transitions between programs easier; eliminates access barriers for children enrolled in CHIP by prohibiting premium lock-out periods, benefit limitations, and waiting periods; and modernizes recordkeeping requirements to ensure proper documentation of eligibility determinations.","document_number":"2024-06566","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/02/2024-06566/medicaid-program-streamlining-the-medicaid-childrens-health-insurance-program-and-basic-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-02/pdf/2024-06566.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06566.pdf?1711543532","publication_date":"2024-04-02","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":"discussed in the background section of this final rule, <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> and CHIP play a key role in the United States health care system. While <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> and CHIP coverage can have a huge impact on the <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> served by these programs, we agree that the full value of the programs goes well beyond the <span class=\"match\">individual</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span>.\n \n We agree with commenters that the streamlined eligibility and enrollment processes <span class=\"match\">established</span> by this rule will help to reduce the churning of eligible <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> on and off <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> and CHIP. We agree with commenters that reduced"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From DNV Healthcare USA Inc. for Continued CMS-Approval of Its Hospital Accreditation Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice acknowledges the receipt of an application from DNV Healthcare USA Inc. (DNV) for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for its hospital accreditation program to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.","document_number":"2026-06861","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06861/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-application-from-dnv-healthcare-usa-inc-for-continued-cms-approval-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-09/pdf/2026-06861.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06861.pdf?1775652315","publication_date":"2026-04-09","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":"comments. CMS will not post on \n Regulations.gov \n public comments that make threats to <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> or institutions or suggest that the commenter will take actions to harm an <span class=\"match\">individual</span>. CMS continues to encourage <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> not to submit duplicative comments. We will post acceptable comments from multiple unique commenters even if the content is identical or nearly identical to other comments.\n \n I. Background \n Under the Medicare program, eligible <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> may receive covered services from a Medicare-participating hospital, provided certain"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Continued Approval of the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities' Rural Health Clinic Accreditation Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice acknowledges the receipt of an application from the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (DBA \"QUAD A\") for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization (AO) for rural health clinics that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. The statute requires that, within 60 days of receipt of an organization's complete application, the Secretary, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), publishes a notice that identifies the AO making the request, describes the nature of the request, and provides at least a 30-day public comment period.","document_number":"2025-22219","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/08/2025-22219/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-continued-approval-of-the-american-association-for-accreditation-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-08/pdf/2025-22219.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22219.pdf?1764942316","publication_date":"2025-12-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"comments. CMS will not post on \n Regulations.gov \n public comments that make threats to <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> or institutions or suggest that the commenter will take actions to harm an <span class=\"match\">individual</span>. CMS continues to encourage <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> not to submit duplicative comments. We will post acceptable comments from multiple unique commenters even if the content is identical or nearly identical to other comments.\n \n I. Background \n \n Under the Medicare program, eligible <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> may receive covered services in a rural health clinic (RHC) provided certain requirements"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application From Joint Commission (JC) for Continued CMS-Approval of Its Home Health Agency (HHA) Accreditation Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"This proposed notice acknowledges the receipt of an application from Joint Commission for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for home health agencies that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. It also provides the public with the opportunity to submit comments on the applicant's request.","document_number":"2026-06508","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06508/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-application-from-joint-commission-jc-for-continued-cms-approval-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06508.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06508.pdf?1775133912","publication_date":"2026-04-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"comments. CMS will not post on \n Regulations.gov \n public comments that make threats to <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> or institutions or suggest that the <span class=\"match\">individual</span> will take actions to harm the <span class=\"match\">individual</span>. CMS continues to encourage <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> not to submit duplicative comments. We will post acceptable comments from multiple unique commenters even if the content is identical or nearly identical to other comments.\n \n I. Background \n Under the Medicare program, eligible <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> may receive covered services from a home health agency (HHA) provided certain requirements"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances-January Through March 2025","type":"Notice","abstract":"This quarterly notice lists Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published in the 3-month period, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs and other programs administered by CMS.","document_number":"2025-08753","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08753/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-quarterly-listing-of-program-issuances-january-through-march-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-16/pdf/2025-08753.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08753.pdf?1747313119","publication_date":"2025-05-16","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":"INFORMATION: \n I. Background \n The Centers for Medicare &amp; <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> Services (CMS) is responsible for administering the Medicare and <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> programs and coordination and oversight of private health insurance. Administration and oversight of these programs involves the following: (1) furnishing information to Medicare and <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span>, health care providers, and the public; and (2) maintaining effective communications with CMS regional offices, state governments, state <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> agencies, state survey agencies, various providers of health"},{"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":"payable under Part A or Part B. \n \n For <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span>, although “prescribed drugs” is an optional <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> benefit category under section 1905(a)(12) of the Act, all states currently provide this benefit for all categorically eligible <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> and <span class=\"match\">most</span> other enrollees within their <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> programs. States are permitted to apply prior authorization requirements to covered outpatient drugs as long as the prior authorization program complies with the requirements of section 1927(d)(5) of the Act.\n 102 \n \n <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> managed care plans must conduct their"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Approval of Application by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care Inc. (ACHC) for Continued CMS-Approval of its Hospice Accreditation Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice acknowledges the approval of an application from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care Inc., for continued CMS approval as a national accrediting organization for hospice programs that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.","document_number":"2026-06500","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06500/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-approval-of-application-by-the-accreditation-commission-for-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06500.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06500.pdf?1775133911","publication_date":"2026-04-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"participate in the Medicare or <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> programs. \n \n \n DATES: \n The decision announced in this notice is applicable from November 27, 2025, through November 27, 2031. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Lillian Williams, (410) 786-8636. \n Kristin Shifflett, (410) 786-4133. \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n I. Background \n Under the Medicare program, eligible <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> may receive covered services from a hospice provided certain requirements are met. Section 1861(dd) of the Social Security Act (the Act) <span class=\"match\">establishes</span> distinct definitions relating"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule takes a comprehensive approach to improving access to care, quality and health outcomes, and better addressing health equity issues in the Medicaid program across fee-for-service (FFS), managed care delivery systems, and in home and community-based services (HCBS) programs. These improvements increase transparency and accountability, standardize data and monitoring, and create opportunities for States to promote active beneficiary engagement in their Medicaid programs, with the goal of improving access to care.","document_number":"2024-08363","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/10/2024-08363/medicaid-program-ensuring-access-to-medicaid-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-10/pdf/2024-08363.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08363.pdf?1714143731","publication_date":"2024-05-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"and its <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> program structure, <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> access their health care services using a variety of care delivery systems (for example, FFS, fully-capitated managed care, partially capitated managed care, etc.), including through demonstrations and waiver programs. The volume of <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> enrolled in a managed care program in <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> has grown from 81 percent in 2016 to 85 percent in 2021, with 74.6 percent of <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> enrolled in comprehensive managed care organizations.\n 8 9 \n \n The remaining <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> received"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Approval of Application by DNV Healthcare, Inc. for Initial CMS Approval of Its Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Accreditation Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice acknowledges the approval of an application from DNV Healthcare, Inc. for initial CMS approval of its Ambulatory Surgical Centers as a national accrediting organization that wishes to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.","document_number":"2025-22203","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/08/2025-22203/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-approval-of-application-by-dnv-healthcare-inc-for-initial-cms","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-08/pdf/2025-22203.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22203.pdf?1764942315","publication_date":"2025-12-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"participate in the Medicare or <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> programs. \n \n \n DATES: \n The decision announced in this notice is applicable from December 8, 2025 to December 10, 2029. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Joy Webb (410) 786-1667. \n Kristin Shifflett (410) 786-4133. \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n I. Background \n Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) are distinct entities that operate exclusively for the purpose of furnishing outpatient surgical services to patients. Under the Medicare program, eligible <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> may receive covered services from"},{"title":"Medicare Program; CY 2026 Part A Premiums for the Uninsured Aged and for Certain Disabled Individuals Who Have Exhausted Other Entitlement","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice announces Medicare's Hospital Insurance Program (Medicare Part A) premium for uninsured enrollees in calendar year (CY) 2026. This premium is paid by enrollees aged 65 and over who are not otherwise eligible for benefits under Medicare Part A (hereafter known as the \"uninsured aged\") and by certain individuals with disabilities who have exhausted other entitlement. The monthly Medicare Part A premium for the 12 months beginning January 1, 2026 for these individuals will be $565. The premium for certain other individuals as described in this notice will be $311.","document_number":"2025-20250","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/19/2025-20250/medicare-program-cy-2026-part-a-premiums-for-the-uninsured-aged-and-for-certain-disabled-individuals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-19/pdf/2025-20250.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20250.pdf?1763156708","publication_date":"2025-11-19","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":"Part A if those <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> meet all of the eligibility requirements for the QMB program under the State's <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> State plan. (Entering into a Medicare Part A buy-in agreement would permit a State to avoid any Medicare Part A late enrollment penalties that the <span class=\"match\">individual</span> may owe and would allow States to enroll persons in Medicare Part A at any time of the year, without regard to Medicare enrollment periods.) Other <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> may be eligible for the Qualified Disabled Working <span class=\"match\">Individuals</span> program, through which State <span class=\"match\">Medicaid</span> programs provide"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for Continued Approval of Its Hospice Accreditation Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"This proposed notice acknowledges the receipt of an application from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for hospices that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.","document_number":"2025-11701","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11701/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-application-from-the-accreditation-commission-for-health-care-achc","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11701.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11701.pdf?1750769121","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"},{"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":"comments. CMS will not post on \n Regulations.gov \n public comments that make threats to <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> or institutions or suggest that the commenter will take actions to harm an <span class=\"match\">individual</span>. CMS continues to encourage <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> not to submit duplicative comments. We will post acceptable comments from multiple unique commenters even if the content is identical or nearly identical to other comments.\n \n I. Background \n Under the Medicare program, eligible <span class=\"match\">beneficiaries</span> may receive covered services from a hospice, provided that certain requirements are met"}]}