{"description":"Documents matching 'problem-solving critical thinking abilities experience standards compliance'","count":106,"total_pages":6,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=problem-solving+critical+thinking+abilities+experience+standards+compliance&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Proposed Priority and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Education","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Secretary proposes a priority and related definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs, or such programs that may be authorized in the future. The Secretary may choose to use the entire priority for a grant program or a particular competition or may use one or more of the priority's component parts. This priority and definitions augment the initial set of three Secretary's Supplemental Priorities on Evidence-Based Literacy, Educational Choice, and Returning Education to the States published as proposed priorities on May 21, 2025 (90 FR 21710).","document_number":"2025-13650","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/21/2025-13650/proposed-priority-and-definitions-secretarys-supplemental-priority-and-definitions-on-advancing","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-21/pdf/2025-13650.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13650.pdf?1752842715","publication_date":"2025-07-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"data; or development and management of computer hardware and the other electronics related to sharing, securing, and using digital information. In addition to coding, the expanding field of computer science emphasizes computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span> and interdisciplinary <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span> to equip students with the skills and <span class=\"match\">abilities</span> necessary to apply computation to the digital world. \n Computer science does not involve using computers for everyday tasks, such as browsing the internet or using tools like word processors, spreadsheets, or presentation software"},{"title":"Proposed Priorities and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priorities and Definitions on Evidence-Based Literacy, Education Choice, and Returning Education to the States","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Secretary proposes three initial and urgent priorities and related definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs or programs that may be authorized in the future. The Secretary may choose to use an entire priority for a grant program or a particular competition or use one or more of the priority's component parts. These priorities and definitions are intended to replace the Secretary's supplemental priorities published in the Federal Register on December 10, 2021 (86 FR 70612) and all other agency-wide supplemental priorities published prior to January 20, 2025. However, those priorities remain in effect for notices inviting applications (NIAs) published before the U.S. Department of Education (Department) finalizes the proposed priorities in this document.","document_number":"2025-09093","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/21/2025-09093/proposed-priorities-and-definitions-secretarys-supplemental-priorities-and-definitions-on","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-21/pdf/2025-09093.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09093.pdf?1747745116","publication_date":"2025-05-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span>, coding, analytics, applications, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).\n \n \n Computer science often includes computer programming or coding as a tool to create software, including applications, games, websites, and tools to manage or manipulate data; or development and management of computer hardware and the other electronics related to sharing, securing, and using digital information. In addition to coding, the expanding field of computer science emphasizes computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span> and interdisciplinary <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span> to equip students"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.031L. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0798.","document_number":"2025-13154","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/14/2025-13154/applications-for-new-awards-asian-american-and-native-american-pacific-islander-serving-institutions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-14/pdf/2025-13154.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13154.pdf?1752237921","publication_date":"2025-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span>, coding, analytics, applications, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).\n \n Computer science often includes computer programming or coding as a tool to create software, including applications, games, websites, and tools to manage or manipulate data; or development and management of computer hardware and the other electronics related to sharing, securing, and using digital information. In addition to coding, the expanding field of computer science emphasizes computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span> and interdisciplinary <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span> to equip students"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.031X. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0816.","document_number":"2025-13151","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/14/2025-13151/applications-for-new-awards-native-american-serving-nontribal-institutions-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-14/pdf/2025-13151.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13151.pdf?1752237921","publication_date":"2025-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":" theories, computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span>, coding, analytics, applications, and AI.\n \n Computer science often includes computer programming or coding as a tool to create software, including applications, games, websites, and tools to manage or manipulate data; or development and management of computer hardware and the other electronics related to sharing, securing, and using digital information. In addition to coding, the expanding field of computer science emphasizes computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span> and interdisciplinary <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span> to equip students with the"},{"title":"Final Priority and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Career Pathways and Workforce Readiness","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) announces a final priority and definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs or programs that may be authorized in the future. The Secretary may choose to use the entire priority for a grant program or a particular competition or use one or more of the priority's component parts. This priority and definitions augment the initial set of three Secretary's Supplemental Priorities on Evidence-Based Literacy, Educational Choice, and Returning Education to the States published as final priorities on September 9, 2025; the additional Secretary's Supplemental Priorities on Meaningful Learning Opportunities, published as a final priority on February 12, 2026, and Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Education, published as a final priority elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register; and the additional proposed Secretary's Supplemental Priority on Promoting Patriotic Education published as a proposed priority on September 17, 2025.","document_number":"2026-07084","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/13/2026-07084/final-priority-and-definitions-secretarys-supplemental-priority-and-definitions-on-career-pathways","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-13/pdf/2026-07084.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07084.pdf?1775825116","publication_date":"2026-04-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"from the opportunities included within this priority, and the definition of talent marketplace, subpart (c) refers to students as learners to include both youth and adults.\n \n \n Comments: \n Many commenters emphasized that literacy, numeracy, digital skills, <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span>, and <span class=\"match\">critical</span> <span class=\"match\">thinking</span> are foundational to workforce readiness. Commenters were concerned about and cautioned against defining program success solely by short-term employment outcomes, noting that such an approach risks placing learners into low-wage jobs without long-term mobility"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Special Projects (FIPSE-SP)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Special Projects, Assistance Listing Number 84.116J. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.","document_number":"2025-19843","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/12/2025-19843/applications-for-new-awards-fund-for-the-improvement-of-postsecondary-education-special-projects","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-12/pdf/2025-19843.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19843.pdf?1762782305","publication_date":"2025-11-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"salaries and benefits), document preparation costs (professional service fees, printing, and mailing), <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> costs (meeting accreditation <span class=\"match\">standards</span>), site visits (travel, lodging, and related expenses), and direct accreditation fees (membership charges). Changing accrediting agencies often entails maintaining dual accreditation expenses for a considerable period, as institutions generally cannot allow accreditation to lapse without risking <span class=\"match\">critical</span> benefits, including eligibility for Federal financial aid and professional licensure pathways.\n \n"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program, Part A","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program, Part A Grants.","document_number":"2025-13153","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/14/2025-13153/applications-for-new-awards-alaska-native-and-native-hawaiian-serving-institutions-program-part-a","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-14/pdf/2025-13153.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13153.pdf?1752237921","publication_date":"2025-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span>, coding, analytics, applications, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).\n \n Computer science often includes computer programming or coding as a tool to create software, including applications, games, websites, and tools to manage or manipulate data; or development and management of computer hardware and the other electronics related to sharing, securing, and using digital information. In addition to coding, the expanding field of computer science emphasizes computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span> and interdisciplinary <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span> to equip students"},{"title":"Final Priority and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Meaningful Learning Opportunities","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) announces a final priority and definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs or programs that may be authorized in the future. The Secretary may choose to use the entire priority for a grant program or a particular competition or use one or more of the priority's component parts. This priority and definitions augment the initial set of three Secretary's Supplemental Priorities on Evidence-Based Literacy, Educational Choice, and Returning Education to the States published as final priorities on September 9, 2025 (90 FR 43514), and the additional proposed Secretary's Supplemental Priorities on Artificial Intelligence, published as a proposed priority on July 21, 2025 (90 FR 34203); Career Pathways and Workforce Readiness, published as a proposed priority on September 25, 2025 (90 FR 46111); and Promoting Patriotic Education, published as a proposed priority on September 17, 2025 (90 FR 44788).","document_number":"2026-02854","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/12/2026-02854/final-priority-and-definitions-secretarys-supplemental-priority-and-definitions-on-meaningful","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-12/pdf/2026-02854.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02854.pdf?1770817515","publication_date":"2026-02-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"theories, computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span>, coding, analytics, applications, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).\n \n \n Computer science often includes computer programming or coding as a tool to create software, including applications, games, websites, and tools to manage or manipulate data; or development and management of computer hardware and the other electronics related to sharing, securing, and using digital information. The expanding field of computer science \n \n emphasizes computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span> and interdisciplinary <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span> to equip students with"},{"title":"Final Priorities and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priorities and Definitions on Evidence-Based Literacy, Education Choice, and Returning Education to the States","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) announces three priorities and related definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs or programs that may be authorized in the future. The Secretary may choose to use an entire priority for a grant program or a particular competition or use one or more of the priority's component parts. These priorities and definitions replace the Secretary's supplemental priorities published in the Federal Register on December 10, 2021 (86 FR 70612) and all other agency-wide supplemental priorities published prior to January 20, 2025.","document_number":"2025-17310","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/09/2025-17310/final-priorities-and-definitions-secretarys-supplemental-priorities-and-definitions-on","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-09/pdf/2025-17310.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17310.pdf?1757335516","publication_date":"2025-09-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"One commenter noted that the notice's Regulatory Impact Analysis failed to consider the economic costs/benefits of accessibility <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> noting the economic benefits of relatively short-term educational investments as compared to the costs of lifelong dependence on social programs. Another commenter had concerns about <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with Executive Order 14192 and the need to identify and repeal regulations and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the National Environmental Policy Act.\n \n \n Discussion: \n The Regulatory Impact Analysis explains why a regulation is needed"},{"title":"National Apprenticeship System Enhancements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) is proposing issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM or proposed rule) to revise the regulations for registered apprenticeship by enhancing worker protections and equity, improving the quality of registered apprenticeship programs, revising the State governance provisions, and more clearly establishing critical pipelines to registered apprenticeship programs, such as registered career and technical education (CTE) apprenticeships. The proposed rule would improve the capacity of the National Apprenticeship System to respond to evolving employer needs, provide workers equitable pathways to good jobs, and increase the system's long-term resilience.","document_number":"2023-27851","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/17/2023-27851/national-apprenticeship-system-enhancements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-17/pdf/2023-27851.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-27851.pdf?1705412716","publication_date":"2024-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"}],"excerpts":"regulation's <span class=\"match\">standards</span> of apprenticeship to apply quality <span class=\"match\">standards</span> consistently across all registered apprenticeship programs. Any program seeking registration by the Department for Federal purposes must develop a set of program <span class=\"match\">standards</span> that apply to the specific program and align with the minimum quality <span class=\"match\">standards</span> contained within the part 29 regulations (currently at 29 CFR 29.5). Accordingly, many of the program quality enhancements the Department is pursuing in this proposed regulation would update the proposed section for <span class=\"match\">standards</span> of apprenticeship"},{"title":"Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, and 53","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council or FAR Council) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 14275, Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement. The E.O. directs the elimination of excessive acquisition regulations to stop the inefficient use of American taxpayer dollars. The FAR Council is issuing twelve proposed rules that collectively will streamline the FAR in its entirety. This rule proposes revisions to FAR parts 1, 2, 4, 33, 39, 40, 52, and 53.","document_number":"2026-12559","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12559/federal-acquisition-regulation-revolutionary-federal-acquisition-regulation-overhaul-parts-1-2-4-33","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12559.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12559.pdf?1782132314","publication_date":"2026-06-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"Office of Federal Procurement Policy","name":"Federal Procurement Policy Office","id":184,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-procurement-policy-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/184","parent_id":280,"slug":"federal-procurement-policy-office"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","name":"General Services Administration","id":210,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/general-services-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/210","parent_id":null,"slug":"general-services-administration"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"a paradigm shift where over-engineered regulations designed for paperwork and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> are replaced with streamlined regulations focused on core stewardship principles and nonregulatory guidance that will be used in concert with the streamlined FAR focused on proven buying strategies, <span class=\"match\">critical</span> <span class=\"match\">thinking</span>, market awareness (including to expand awareness of goods, products, and materials offered in the United States), and risk literacy to enhance workforce <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span>. The significant reduction of unnecessary mandates is intended to clarify and"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is committed to protecting the civil rights of individuals with disabilities under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (section 504). To implement the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability, the Department is making a number of revisions to update and amend its section 504 regulation.","document_number":"2024-09237","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/09/2024-09237/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-in-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal-financial","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-09/pdf/2024-09237.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09237.pdf?1714567521","publication_date":"2024-05-09","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"}],"excerpts":"disabilities. \n In the NPRM, § 84.23(c) proposed language that lays out accessibility <span class=\"match\">standards</span> and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for recipients that are public entities. Section 84.23(d) lays out accessibility <span class=\"match\">standards</span> and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for recipients that are private entities. The Department's proposal seeks to use the <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> currently used in the ADA: the 2010 ADA <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> for Accessible Design (2010 <span class=\"match\">Standards</span>). \n Section 84.23(c) and (d) proposed to provide a series of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for all physical construction or alterations. Under this proposal: \n If"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2025 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program; and Medicare Overpayments","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of establishment of new policies for, the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; updates to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded model; payment for dental services inextricably linked to specific covered medical services; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B including immunosuppressive drugs and clotting factors; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers; electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; updates to Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule regulations; updates to the diabetes payment structure and PHE flexibilities; expansion of colorectal cancer screening and Hepatitis B vaccine coverage and payment; establishing payment for drugs covered as additional preventive services; Medicare Parts A and B Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and Medicare Parts C and D Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act.","document_number":"2024-25382","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/09/2024-25382/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2025-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-09/pdf/2024-25382.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25382.pdf?1730492138","publication_date":"2024-12-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"establish a range of appropriate <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes for the clinical labor activity, “Technologist QCs images in PACS, checking for all images, reformats, and dose page.” These <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes will be applied to new and revised codes that make use of this clinical labor activity when they are reviewed by us for valuation. We finalized a policy to establish 2 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the simple case, 3 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the intermediate case, 4 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the complex case, and 5 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the highly complex case"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2025 Rates; Quality Programs Requirements; and Other Policy Changes","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates 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); and makes other policy- related changes.","document_number":"2024-17021","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/28/2024-17021/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-and-the-childrens-health-insurance-program-hospital-inpatient","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-28/pdf/2024-17021.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17021.pdf?1722960072","publication_date":"2024-08-28","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":"neutral payment rate unless the discharge meets the patient criteria for payment at the LTCH PPS <span class=\"match\">standard</span> Federal payment rate. The existing regulations governing payment under the LTCH PPS are located in 42 CFR part 412, subpart O. Beginning October 1, 2009, we issue the annual updates to the LTCH PPS in the same documents that update the IPPS. \n 4. <span class=\"match\">Critical</span> Access Hospitals (CAHs) \n Under sections 1814(l), 1820, and 1834(g) of the Act, payments made to <span class=\"match\">critical</span> access hospitals (CAHs) (that is, rural hospitals or facilities that meet certain statutory"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2025 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program; and Medicare Overpayments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This major proposed rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of, and proposing policies for, the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; updates to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded model; payment for dental services inextricably linked to specific covered medical services; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B including immunosuppressive drugs and clotting factors; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers; electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; updates to Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule regulations; updates to the diabetes payment structure and PHE flexibilities; expansion of colorectal cancer screening and Hepatitis B vaccine coverage and payment; establishing payment for drugs covered as additional preventive services; Medicare Parts A and B Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act.","document_number":"2024-14828","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/31/2024-14828/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2025-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-31/pdf/2024-14828.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14828.pdf?1720642528","publication_date":"2024-07-31","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":"a range of appropriate <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes for the clinical labor activity, “Technologist QCs images in PACS, checking for all images, reformats, and dose page.” These <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes will be applied to new and revised codes that make use of this clinical labor activity when they are reviewed by us for valuation. We finalized a policy to establish 2 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the simple case, 3 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the intermediate \n \n case, 4 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the complex case, and 5 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the highly complex"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2024 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Advantage; Medicare and Medicaid Provider and Supplier Enrollment Policies; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This major final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; payment for dental services inextricably linked to specific covered medical services; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; Medicare coverage of opioid use disorder services furnished by opioid treatment programs; updates to certain Medicare and Medicaid provider and supplier enrollment policies, electronic prescribing for controlled substances for a covered Part D drug under a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan under the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act); updates to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations and the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; expansion of the diabetes screening and diabetes definitions; pulmonary rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation and intensive cardiac rehabilitation expansion of supervising practitioners; appropriate use criteria for advanced diagnostic imaging; early release of Medicare Advantage risk adjustment data; a social determinants of health risk assessment in the annual wellness visit and Basic Health Program.","document_number":"2023-24184","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/16/2023-24184/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2024-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-16/pdf/2023-24184.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24184.pdf?1698956273","publication_date":"2023-11-16","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":"establish a range of appropriate <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes for the clinical labor activity, “Technologist QCs images in PACS, checking for all images, reformats, and dose page.” These <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes will be applied to new and revised codes that make use of this clinical labor activity when they are reviewed by us for valuation. We finalized a policy to establish 2 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the simple case, 3 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the intermediate case, 4 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the complex case, and 5 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the highly complex case"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program-Early-Phase Grants","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the EIR program-- Early-phase Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.411C (Early-phase Grants). This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.","document_number":"2021-16099","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/07/28/2021-16099/applications-for-new-awards-education-innovation-and-research-eir-program-early-phase-grants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-07-28/pdf/2021-16099.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-16099.pdf?1627389946","publication_date":"2021-07-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"curriculum and educational <span class=\"match\">experience</span>.\n \n \n What Works Clearinghouse Handbooks (WWC Handbooks) \n means the <span class=\"match\">standards</span> and procedures set forth in the WWC <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Handbook, Versions 4.0 or 4.1, and WWC Procedures Handbook, Versions 4.0 or 4.1, or in the WWC Procedures and <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Handbook, Version 3.0 or Version 2.1 (all incorporated by reference, see § 77.2). Study findings eligible for review under WWC <span class=\"match\">standards</span> can meet WWC <span class=\"match\">standards</span> without reservations, meet WWC <span class=\"match\">standards</span> with reservations, or not meet WWC <span class=\"match\">standards</span>. WWC practice guides \n \n"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program-Mid-Phase Grants","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the EIR program-- Mid-phase Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.411B (Mid-phase Grants). This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.","document_number":"2021-11940","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/07/2021-11940/applications-for-new-awards-education-innovation-and-research-eir-program-mid-phase-grants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-06-07/pdf/2021-11940.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-11940.pdf?1622819426","publication_date":"2021-06-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":" What Works Clearinghouse Handbooks (WWC Handbooks) \n means the <span class=\"match\">standards</span> and procedures set forth in the WWC <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Handbook, Versions 4.0 or 4.1, and WWC Procedures Handbook, Versions 4.0 or 4.1, or in the WWC Procedures and <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Handbook, Version 3.0 or Version 2.1 (all incorporated by reference, see § 77.2). Study findings eligible for review under WWC <span class=\"match\">standards</span> can meet WWC <span class=\"match\">standards</span> without reservations, meet WWC <span class=\"match\">standards</span> with reservations, or not meet WWC <span class=\"match\">standards</span>. WWC practice guides and intervention reports include findings from"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Talent Search Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the Talent Search Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.044A. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0818.","document_number":"2020-28583","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/28/2020-28583/applications-for-new-awards-talent-search-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-12-28/pdf/2020-28583.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-28583.pdf?1608731140","publication_date":"2020-12-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span>, computer hardware, software design, coding, analytics, and computer applications.\n \n Computer science often includes computer programming or coding as a tool to create software, including applications, games, websites, and tools to manage or manipulate data; or development and management of computer hardware and the other electronics related to sharing, securing, and using digital information. \n In addition to coding, the expanding field of computer science emphasizes computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span> and interdisciplinary <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span> to equip"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program (NHCTEP)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program (NHCTEP), Assistance Listing number 84.259A. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1830-0564.","document_number":"2021-00809","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/19/2021-00809/applications-for-new-awards-native-hawaiian-career-and-technical-education-program-nhctep","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-19/pdf/2021-00809.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-00809.pdf?1610718329","publication_date":"2021-01-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span>, computer hardware, software design, coding, analytics, and computer applications.\n \n Computer science often includes computer programming or coding as a tool to create software, including applications, games, websites, and tools to manage or manipulate data; or development and management of computer hardware and the other electronics related to sharing, securing, and using digital information. \n In addition to coding, the expanding field of computer science emphasizes computational <span class=\"match\">thinking</span> and interdisciplinary <span class=\"match\">problem-solving</span> to equip"}]}