{"description":"Documents matching 'recent years providers required file'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=recent+years+providers+required+file&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Request for Information Regarding Community Banks' Engagement With Core Service Providers and Other Essential Third-Party Service Providers","type":"Notice","abstract":"The OCC is issuing a request for information (RFI) on community bank engagement with their core service providers and other essential third-party service providers. The RFI seeks to better understand how challenges community banks face with such service providers affect these banks' abilities to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving marketplace, as well as what actions the OCC can take to address any of these challenges.","document_number":"2025-21333","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21333/request-for-information-regarding-community-banks-engagement-with-core-service-providers-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21333.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21333.pdf?1764164713","publication_date":"2025-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"}],"excerpts":"concerns?\n \n 23. How would any of the policies contemplated in this RFI affect costs and the availability of services from core service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and other essential third-party service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>? \n 24. What data should community banks, core service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and other essential third-party service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>, or the OCC consider when evaluating such service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>' costs? \n 25. To what extent has a service <span class=\"match\">provider's</span> systems or operations created legal risk or caused any violations of laws or regulations for the bank? \n Billing Statements and Errors"},{"title":"Enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider Requirements and Strengthening STIR/SHAKEN (Call Authentication Trust Anchor; Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes steps to strengthen its robocall mitigation framework by enhancing Know-Your-Upstream-Provider (KYUP) requirements, improving oversight of voice service providers by the STIR/SHAKEN Governance Authority, raising caller ID attestation standards, and closing implementation gaps in STIR/SHAKEN implementation. Specifically, the Commission proposes establishing baseline KYUP information-collection, compliance review, verification, monitoring, and responsive-action requirements to ensure providers can identify and cut off bad-actor upstream providers. The Commission also proposes measures to expand the Governance Authority's vetting, enforcement, and reporting responsibilities to prevent misuse of STIR/SHAKEN certificates and to remove noncompliant providers from the authentication ecosystem. The Commission further proposes clarifying and strengthening STIR/SHAKEN attestation rules, including codifying attestation levels, defining improper attestations, and specifying permissible mechanisms for verifying number-to-customer associations. Additionally, the Commission proposes and seeks comment on additional steps to close caller ID authentication gaps, such as refining provider definitions, reconsidering exemptions, requiring providers serving end users to assign STIR/SHAKEN attestations, and ensuring calls maintain authentication information. The Commission also seeks comment on special circumstances, including addressing issues with foreign- originated calls.","document_number":"2026-13874","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13874/enhancing-know-your-upstream-provider-requirements-and-strengthening-stirshaken-call-authentication","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-09/pdf/2026-13874.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13874.pdf?1783514714","publication_date":"2026-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"another voice service <span class=\"match\">provider</span> has refused or discontinued service to the upstream <span class=\"match\">provider</span>. \n We believe that this is the basic amount of information necessary for a <span class=\"match\">provider</span> to be able to know their upstream <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. We also believe this information will help <span class=\"match\">providers</span> determine if an upstream <span class=\"match\">provider</span> is a foreign entity. Are these views correct? Is there additional information we should <span class=\"match\">require</span> <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to obtain? For instance, should we <span class=\"match\">require</span> that <span class=\"match\">providers</span> obtain photos of certain individuals the upstream <span class=\"match\">provider</span> identifies with their"},{"title":"Resolution Submissions Required for Covered Insured Depository Institutions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The FDIC is seeking comment on a proposal to revise its regulations that require resolution submissions by insured depository institutions (IDIs) with at least $50 billion in total assets. The proposed rule would modify the current rule by raising and automatically updating the dollar threshold that determines the scope of applicability; reducing the requirements regarding the content of resolution submissions provided to the FDIC, with a focus on information that most directly supports the FDIC's resolution readiness in the event of material distress and failure of a covered IDI; and standardizing content requirements for covered IDIs. The proposed rule would also eliminate the FDIC's credibility assessment of submissions provided by IDIs, as well as expectations for capabilities testing under the current rule.","document_number":"2026-13191","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13191/resolution-submissions-required-for-covered-insured-depository-institutions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-30/pdf/2026-13191.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13191.pdf?1782737120","publication_date":"2026-06-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"hours PBA * six sets of filings over 12 <span class=\"match\">years</span>) + (group A CIDIs that are triennial <span class=\"match\">filers</span>: $7 trillion in average assets over 12 <span class=\"match\">years</span>, including new group A CIDIs * 73 hours PBA * four sets of filings over 12 <span class=\"match\">years</span>) + (group B CIDIs: $1.1 trillion in average assets over 12 <span class=\"match\">years</span>, including new group B CIDIs * 67 hours PBA * four sets of filings) + (First-time <span class=\"match\">filers</span>: 7,200 hours * 36 total first-time filings). Interim supplements (group A CIDIs that are triennial <span class=\"match\">filers</span>: $7 trillion in average assets over 12 <span class=\"match\">years</span>, including new group A CIDIs * 24 hours"},{"title":"Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing a final rule to carry out the personal financial data rights established by the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA). The final rule requires banks, credit unions, and other financial service providers to make consumers' data available upon request to consumers and authorized third parties in a secure and reliable manner; defines obligations for third parties accessing consumers' data, including important privacy protections; and promotes fair, open, and inclusive industry standards.","document_number":"2024-25079","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/18/2024-25079/required-rulemaking-on-personal-financial-data-rights","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-18/pdf/2024-25079.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25079.pdf?1731678320","publication_date":"2024-11-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"presents opportunities for small data <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to better compete by offering products and services to a wider range of consumers. One commenter expressed concern that excluding smaller data <span class=\"match\">providers</span> would disadvantage small data <span class=\"match\">providers</span> relative to large data <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that continued to have the obligation, but for which they would not offer developer interfaces. The CFPB disagrees with this premise and notes that many large data <span class=\"match\">providers</span> are already offering developer interfaces and that small data <span class=\"match\">providers</span> can participate in open banking voluntarily"},{"title":"Increase in Threshold for Requiring Information Reporting With Respect to Certain Payees; Extension and Modification of Limitation on Wagering Losses","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document contains proposed amendments relating to the dollar thresholds in regulations governing information reporting for payments made in the course of a trade or business and the corresponding backup withholding regulations. This document also contains proposed amendments to the regulations governing wagering losses. The proposed regulations reflect recent changes to the statutory law. These changes will affect persons who make payments in the course of their trade or business and those persons claiming a deduction for wagering losses.","document_number":"2026-07519","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/17/2026-07519/increase-in-threshold-for-requiring-information-reporting-with-respect-to-certain-payees-extension","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-17/pdf/2026-07519.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07519.pdf?1776343514","publication_date":"2026-04-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"}],"excerpts":"reduction in <span class=\"match\">filing</span> burden of $982 million in 2024 dollars as described below and summarized in the accompanying table. \n Prior to the passage of the OBBBA, the IRS projected that 42.60 million Form 1099-MISCs would be <span class=\"match\">filed</span> in calendar year 2027 (see IRS Publication 6961 (Rev. 9-2025)). The Treasury Department and the IRS estimate that 9.32 million of these forms would have payments in the range affected by the change in the <span class=\"match\">filing</span> threshold and would no longer need to be <span class=\"match\">filed</span>. Multiplying the reduction in 9.32 million forms <span class=\"match\">filed</span> by the 0.41 hours"},{"title":"Enhancement of Emerging Growth Company Accommodations and Simplification of Filer Status for Reporting Companies","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") proposes amendments to streamline filer statuses for Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\") reporting companies into two primary categories: large accelerated filers and non-accelerated filers. The Commission further proposes to raise the threshold and seasoning requirements for large accelerated filer status and extend certain existing accommodations and scaled disclosures, including those for smaller reporting companies and emerging growth companies, to all non-accelerated filers, while continuing to require compliance with non-scaled disclosure from large accelerated filers. The Commission also proposes to extend the deadlines to file periodic reports for the smallest non-accelerated filers, as measured by total assets. Finally, the Commission also proposes to update the rules that define which issuers are considered small entities for purposes of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (\"RFA\").","document_number":"2026-10222","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/21/2026-10222/enhancement-of-emerging-growth-company-accommodations-and-simplification-of-filer-status-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-21/pdf/2026-10222.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10222.pdf?1779281120","publication_date":"2026-05-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"are not affected by the <span class=\"match\">filer</span> statuses or other provisions discussed in this release.\n \n \n Over time, the Commission and Congress have adopted various “<span class=\"match\">filer</span> statuses” to establish tiers of registrants and offer certain accommodations by tier, including as to the timing and content of this periodic reporting. Current <span class=\"match\">filer</span> statuses include: \n \n • \n Large accelerated <span class=\"match\">filer</span> \n (“LAF”), \n accelerated <span class=\"match\">filer</span> \n  \n 15 \n \n (“AF”), and \n non-accelerated <span class=\"match\">filer</span> \n (“NAF”).\n \n \n \n 15 \n  “Accelerated <span class=\"match\">filer</span>” and “large accelerated <span class=\"match\">filer</span>” are defined in 17 CFR 240"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Updates to the Master List of Items Potentially Subject to Face to Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery and/or Prior Authorization Requirements; Updates to the Required Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery List; and Updates to the Required Prior Authorization List","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document announces the updated Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes on the Master List. It also announces updates to the HCPCS codes on the Required Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List and the Required Prior Authorization List.","document_number":"2026-00487","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/13/2026-00487/medicare-program-updates-to-the-master-list-of-items-potentially-subject-to-face-to-face-encounter","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-13/pdf/2026-00487.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00487.pdf?1768225519","publication_date":"2026-01-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"(the “Master List”); Updates to the <span class=\"match\">Required</span> Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List; and Updates to the <span class=\"match\">Required</span> Prior Authorization List. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n This document announces the updated Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes on the Master List. It also announces updates to the HCPCS codes on the <span class=\"match\">Required</span> Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List and the <span class=\"match\">Required</span> Prior Authorization List. \n \n \n DATES: \n Implementation of updates to the Master List, the <span class=\"match\">Required</span> Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior"},{"title":"Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department is proposing a regulation that would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). These disclosures are needed so that fiduciaries can assess the reasonableness of the contracts or arrangements with these service providers, including the reasonableness of the service providers' compensation. These disclosure requirements would apply for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. This proposal implements section 12 of President Trump's Executive Order 14273, Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First, which instructs the Department to propose regulations to improve employer health plan transparency into the direct and indirect compensation received by pharmacy benefit managers. If finalized, this regulation would affect sponsors and other fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans and certain service providers to such plans.","document_number":"2026-01907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/30/2026-01907/improving-transparency-into-pharmacy-benefit-manager-fee-disclosure","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/pdf/2026-01907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01907.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-01-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"Covered Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>—Proposed Paragraph (c) \n \n Paragraph (c) of the proposed regulation defines the entities that would be covered service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> under the regulation and therefore would have disclosure and related audit obligations. The proposal identifies two types of covered service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>: (i) <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of pharmacy benefit management services (as defined in paragraph (d) of the proposal) and (ii) <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of advice, recommendations, or referrals regarding pharmacy benefit management services who are themselves <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of pharmacy"},{"title":"Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the Expanded HH Value-Based Purchasing Model; Medicare Provider Enrollment, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), and DME, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Policies","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would set forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this proposed rule discusses the behavior adjustment and proposes a temporary behavior adjustment and proposes to recalibrate the case-mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low- utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2027. Additionally, this proposed rule discusses the provision of home health palliative care services and includes a request for information (RFI) on a home health specific wage index. This rule would also propose changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and summarizes potential initiatives to improve alignment between the HH QRP and expanded Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. Lastly, the rule would--clarify the application of the DMEPOS face-to- face encounter requirements for the replacement of DMEPOS items; make changes to the provider and supplier enrollment requirements; make changes regarding DME benefit expansion for infusion pumps and drugs; and discuss collection of information requirement changes regarding the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) country of origin.","document_number":"2026-13602","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13602/calendar-year-2027-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate-update-requirements-for-the-hh","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13602.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13602.pdf?1782936912","publication_date":"2026-07-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"considerations such as permanent adjustments taken in previous <span class=\"match\">years</span>.\n \n The claims data used in rulemaking is released in the HH PPS LDS <span class=\"match\">file</span> twice each year, one with the proposed and one with the final rule. Accordingly, the HH PPS LDS <span class=\"match\">file</span> released with this proposed rule includes two <span class=\"match\">files</span>: the actual CY 2025 30-day periods and the CY 2025 simulated 60-day episodes. \n \n We remind readers that a data use agreement (DUA) is <span class=\"match\">required</span> to purchase the CY 2027 proposed HH PPS LDS <span class=\"match\">file</span> using the CMS-R-0235A form under OMB control number 0938-0734."},{"title":"Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure; Extension of Comment Period","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document extends the comment period on the Department's Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure proposed rule. The proposed rule would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2026, with a comment deadline of March 31, 2026. On February 3, 2026, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 amended ERISA to add several provisions relating to providers of pharmacy benefit management services. Consequently, the Department is extending the comment period for an additional 15 days, to April 15, 2026, to allow interested persons to address whether the rule should be adjusted due to these new statutory provisions.","document_number":"2026-04084","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/02/2026-04084/improving-transparency-into-pharmacy-benefit-manager-fee-disclosure-extension-of-comment-period","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-02/pdf/2026-04084.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04084.pdf?1772199921","publication_date":"2026-03-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"408(b)(2), which is a statutory prohibited transaction exemption that exempts certain arrangements between ERISA-covered plans (including self-insured group health plans) and service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that otherwise would be prohibited transactions under ERISA section 406. The proposed rule would <span class=\"match\">require</span> <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of brokerage and consulting services to provide robust disclosures to responsible plan fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans regarding their compensation for such services"},{"title":"Transparency in Coverage","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposed rules set forth proposed requirements that would amend the regulations under the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code regarding price transparency reporting requirements for non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group and individual health insurance coverage. Specifically, these proposed rules would improve the standardization, accuracy, and accessibility of public pricing disclosures in line with the goals of the Executive Order 14221. With respect to the in-network rate and out-of-network allowed amount machine-readable files, these proposed rules would achieve these goals by adding new contextual files and additional data elements like product type, network name, and enrollment counts; changing the reporting level for aggregation of data; removing in-network rates for unlikely provider-to-service mappings; increasing the reporting period and lowering the claims threshold for out-of-network historical data; and reducing the reporting cadence. These proposed rules would also improve the findability of all of the publicly disclosed machine- readable files required under the Transparency in Coverage rules, including the prescription drug file, by requiring a text file and footer with website URLs and contact information for the files. These proposed rules would also require pricing information that is made available through an online consumer tool and paper (upon request), to also be made available by phone, and establish that the satisfaction of such requirement also satisfies the requirements of section 114 of the No Surprises Act (including for grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering grandfathered group and individual health insurance coverage that are not otherwise subject to these proposed rules).","document_number":"2025-23693","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23693/transparency-in-coverage","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-23/pdf/2025-23693.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23693.pdf?1766178909","publication_date":"2025-12-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"prepare new contextual <span class=\"match\">files</span> for each In-network Rate <span class=\"match\">File</span> prepared pursuant to these proposed rules. In particular, the Departments propose to <span class=\"match\">require</span> a change-log <span class=\"match\">file</span> (“Change-log <span class=\"match\">File</span>”) at new paragraph (b)(2)(i), which would identify any changes made to the <span class=\"match\">required</span> information described in paragraph (b)(1)(i) in the In-network Rate <span class=\"match\">File</span> since the last posted In-network Rate <span class=\"match\">File</span>.\n \n The Departments also propose to <span class=\"match\">require</span> a utilization <span class=\"match\">file</span> (“Utilization <span class=\"match\">File</span>”) at new paragraph (b)(2)(ii), which would document, for the 12-month period that ends"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); requirements related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required benefits in addition to the EHB; cost- sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive plan years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); and revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States. This final rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-10050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10050/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10050.pdf?1779135308","publication_date":"2026-05-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"increase.\n 80 \n \n \n \n \n 80 \n  \n Id. \n \n \n \n An actuarial memorandum (Part III of the rate <span class=\"match\">filing</span> justification) is <span class=\"match\">required</span> for any rate increase in a single risk pool plan. It is also <span class=\"match\">required</span> for any rate <span class=\"match\">filing</span> containing QHPs or whenever a State <span class=\"match\">requires</span> it to be submitted. Further, an actuarial memorandum is <span class=\"match\">required</span> for all plans in States that do not have an Effective Rate Review Program and for which CMS is responsible for reviewing the rate <span class=\"match\">filing</span>.\n 81 \n \n The Part III actuarial memorandum includes the actuarial reasoning and assumptions"},{"title":"Call Authentication Trust Anchor","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules that strengthen the Commission's caller ID authentication requirements by establishing clear practices for providers that rely on third parties to fulfill their STIR/SHAKEN implementation obligations. The rules authorize providers with a STIR/ SHAKEN implementation obligation to engage third parties to perform the technological act of digitally \"signing\" calls consistent with the requirements of the STIR/SHAKEN technical standards so long as: the provider with the implementation obligation makes the \"attestation- level\" decisions for authenticating caller ID information; and all calls are signed using the certificate of the provider with the implementation obligation--not the certificate of a third party. The rules also explicitly require all providers with a STIR/SHAKEN implementation obligation to obtain a Service Provider Code (SPC) token from the STIR/SHAKEN Policy Administrator and present that token to a STIR/SHAKEN Certificate Authority to obtain a digital certificate. Additionally, the rules include recordkeeping requirements for third- party authentication arrangements to enable the Commission to monitor compliance with and enforce Commission rules.","document_number":"2025-15809","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/19/2025-15809/call-authentication-trust-anchor","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-19/pdf/2025-15809.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15809.pdf?1755521150","publication_date":"2025-08-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"standards will be traced back to that <span class=\"match\">provider</span>, not a third-party entity that technologically signs the call. Further, we agree with INCOMPAS that <span class=\"match\">requiring</span> <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to identify the specific third-party solutions that they may employ to perform the technological act of signing calls could <span class=\"match\">require</span> <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to update their Robocall Mitigation Database submissions more frequently if such solutions change, thereby increasing administrative burdens for <span class=\"match\">providers</span> with minimal benefit. Lastly, <span class=\"match\">providers</span> are already <span class=\"match\">required</span> to describe in their robocall mitigation"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update; Requirements for the HH Quality Reporting Program and the HH Value-Based Purchasing Expanded Model; Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Updates; DMEPOS Accreditation Requirements; Provider Enrollment; and Other Medicare and Medicaid Policies","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule sets forth routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, this final rule finalizes permanent and temporary behavior adjustments and recalibrates the case- mix weights and update the functional impairment levels; comorbidity subgroups; and low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2026. This final rule also finalizes changes to the face-to-face encounter policy and changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) and the expanded Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model requirements. In addition, it updates the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). Lastly it finalizes: a technical change to the HH conditions of participation; updates to DMEPOS supplier conditions of payment; updates to provider and supplier enrollment requirements; and changes to DMEPOS accreditation requirements.","document_number":"2025-21767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/02/2025-21767/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-calendar-year-2026-home-health-prospective-payment-system-hh-pps-rate","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-02/pdf/2025-21767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21767.pdf?1764364516","publication_date":"2025-12-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"Medicaid <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> Enrollment \n We finalized several Medicare <span class=\"match\">provider</span> enrollment provisions to strengthen and clarify certain aspects of the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> enrollment process. These include, but are not limited to, the following: \n • Modifying grounds for denying, revoking, or deactivating a <span class=\"match\">provider's</span> or supplier's Medicare enrollment. \n • Expanding the reasons for which CMS can apply a retroactive effective date for <span class=\"match\">provider</span> and supplier revocations. \n • Expanding the reasons for which CMS can apply a stay of enrollment. \n • <span class=\"match\">Requiring</span> <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and suppliers"},{"title":"Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Robocalls","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes steps to improve the availability and accuracy of caller identification information transmitted to consumers to enable them to better understand who is calling and decide whether to answer calls. Specifically, the Commission proposes to enhance the effectiveness of STIR/SHAKEN by requiring terminating providers to transmit verified caller name or other caller identity information for presentation on a consumer's handset whenever they transmit an indication that a call has received an A-level attestation. It also seeks comment on requiring providers to use Rich Call Data (RCD) to transmit verified caller name on IP networks, whether to permit or require use of other solutions, and an alternative option to require that providers implement RCD in their IP networks for all calls. The Commission further proposes to require voice service providers to implement measures to ensure that consumers know which calls originate from outside of the United States and to prohibit spoofing of United States telephone numbers for calls that originate from outside of the United States. Finally, the Commission seeks comment on whether some of its calling-related rules can be simplified, streamlined, or eliminated, perhaps because they are outdated or have not been enforced for a substantial amount of time.","document_number":"2025-22063","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22063/advanced-methods-to-target-and-eliminate-robocalls","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22063.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22063.pdf?1764855925","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"or standards to <span class=\"match\">require</span>? Would our choice of any particular standard or standards create a significant or different burden on smaller <span class=\"match\">providers</span>? \n 40. What measure or measures should we adopt to determine whether a <span class=\"match\">provider</span> has implemented RCD? Would any potential measure be different for resellers, originating facilities-based <span class=\"match\">providers</span>, intermediate <span class=\"match\">providers</span>, or terminating <span class=\"match\">providers</span>? If so, why? For example, would an intermediate <span class=\"match\">provider</span> properly be considered to have implemented RCD if it transmits to subsequent <span class=\"match\">providers</span> in the call path"},{"title":"Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations to reduce costs and burden for States and Territories administering the CCDF program. It rescinds the requirements to limit family co-payments to 7 percent of family income, to provide some direct services through grants or contracts, to pay providers prospectively, and to pay providers based on enrollment. A plain language summary of this final rule is posted at https:// www.regulations.gov/document/ACF-2026-0001-0002.","document_number":"2026-09382","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09382/restoring-flexibility-in-the-child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-12/pdf/2026-09382.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09382.pdf?1778503533","publication_date":"2026-05-12","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":"their CCDF programs. As <span class=\"match\">required</span> by the Act at Section 658E(c)(4)(B)(iv) (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(4)(B)(iv)), States and Territories must still ensure that child care <span class=\"match\">providers</span> are paid in a timely manner, which is critical for <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to participate in CCDF and increases the options available to parents.\n \n • Repeal the requirement to pay child care <span class=\"match\">providers</span> based on a child's enrollment rather than attendance at §  98.45(m)(2). The March 2024 final rule <span class=\"match\">required</span> States and Territories, with limited exceptions, to pay <span class=\"match\">providers</span> based on a child's authorized"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This proposed rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"increase.\n 57 \n \n \n \n \n 57 \n  \n Id. \n \n \n \n An actuarial memorandum (Part III of the rate <span class=\"match\">filing</span> justification) is <span class=\"match\">required</span> for any rate increase in a single risk pool plan. It is also <span class=\"match\">required</span> for any rate <span class=\"match\">filing</span> containing QHPs or whenever a State <span class=\"match\">requires</span> it to be submitted. Further, an actuarial memorandum is <span class=\"match\">required</span> for all plans in States that do not have an Effective Rate Review Program and for which CMS is responsible for reviewing the rate <span class=\"match\">filing</span>.\n 58 \n \n The Part III actuarial memorandum includes the actuarial reasoning and assumptions"},{"title":"Order No. 917; Filing Process and Data Collection for the Electric Quarterly Report","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopts eXtensible Business Reporting Language-Comma-Separated Values as the standard for filing the Electric Quarterly Report (EQR). In addition, the Commission amends its regulations to require Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators to produce reports containing market participant transaction data. The Commission also modifies and clarifies EQR reporting requirements. These changes are designed to update the data collection, improve data quality, increase market transparency, decrease the costs, over time, of preparing the necessary data for submission, and streamline compliance with any future changes to the filing requirements.","document_number":"2026-05709","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/24/2026-05709/order-no-917-filing-process-and-data-collection-for-the-electric-quarterly-report","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-24/pdf/2026-05709.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05709.pdf?1774269913","publication_date":"2026-03-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"authorized to make sales as indicated in the company's Commission-approved tariff(s) and <span class=\"match\">required</span> to <span class=\"match\">file</span> the EQR under FPA section 205 or a non-public utility that is <span class=\"match\">required</span> to <span class=\"match\">file</span> the EQR pursuant to FPA section 220.\n \n \n d. Provides the option to <span class=\"match\">file</span> data on a rolling basis before the close of the <span class=\"match\">filing</span> window. \n e. Retains the EQR refiling policy to <span class=\"match\">require</span> refilings for up to 12 quarters when there are material corrections or material omissions to previously <span class=\"match\">filed</span> EQRs. \n f. Eliminates the requirement for Sellers to report transmission capacity"},{"title":"Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program; Delete, Delete, Delete","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that seeks comment on eliminating outdated requirements and ways to enhance the efficiency of the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) while ensuring that the Commission continues to receive accurate, granular data. Building off the infrastructure data-based coverage restoration process established by the Commission in 2024, the FNPRM seeks comment on several approaches suggested by commenters to simplify, streamline, or otherwise reduce burdens on this coverage restoration process. The FNPRM seeks comment on several ways to simplify the collection of fixed and fixed wireless biannual submissions, specifically on: (1) either allowing providers to indicate certain fixed broadband availability data have been \"grandfathered\" or else simply eliminating the collection of these data; (2) eliminating the requirement that a provider report fixed broadband availability data at speeds below 25/3 Mbps as part of its biannual submission; (3) revising the Commission's rules to eliminate the requirement for providers to use and disclose maximum buffer size data in their BDC biannual submissions; and (4) revising the Commission's rules to relax the 7 meter antenna height requirement that fixed wireless providers must use when modeling their coverage. In addition, the FNPRM seeks comment on ending legacy data collections for mobile service, specifically the collection of 3G mobile broadband availability data and mobile voice data as part of a provider's biannual submission, including potential impacts on reporting for Alaska and on relevant USF programs, respectively. Furthermore, the FNPRM seeks comment on current data retention practices to develop a set of best practices instead of adopting any substantive rule. The FNPRM seeks comment on several potential challenge process improvements, specifically on: (1) allowing service providers to presumptively rebut certain types of fixed challenges with infrastructure data and on requiring infrastructure data in response to certain types of fixed challenges; (2) various options for simplifying and reducing the provider response periods for the fixed challenge process; (3) streamlining the mobile challenge process by automatically removing from the National Broadband Map (NBM) all challenged areas that are conceded or upheld; and (4) relaxing or removing some current mobile crowdsourced data requirements to encourage the submission of additional data. The FNPRM seeks comment on mobile verification and audit process improvements. The FNPRM also seeks comment on improvements to the collection of mobile crowdsourced data and the use of drone data. Lastly, the FNPRM seeks comment on revising the Commission's rules to expressly provide that subscription data, the geographic coordinates of mobile or fixed wireless base stations, mobile or fixed wireless link budget parameter rationales, and any infrastructure data submitted in response to a verification request or audit will be always treated as confidential.","document_number":"2026-12767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12767/establishing-the-digital-opportunity-data-collection-modernizing-the-fcc-form-477-data-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12767.pdf?1782218725","publication_date":"2026-06-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"\n \n Comment <span class=\"match\">Filing</span> Procedures: \n Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may <span class=\"match\">file</span> comments and reply comments on or before the dates indicated on the first page of this document. Comments may be <span class=\"match\">filed</span> using the Commission's Electronic Comment <span class=\"match\">Filing</span> System (ECFS).\n \n \n • \n Electronic <span class=\"match\">Filers</span>: \n Comments may be <span class=\"match\">filed</span> electronically using the internet by accessing the ECFS: \n https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs. \n \n \n • \n Paper <span class=\"match\">Filers</span>: \n Parties who choose to <span class=\"match\">file</span> by paper must <span class=\"match\">file</span> an original and"},{"title":"Restoring Flexibility in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families proposes to amend the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations (45 CFR part 98) to reduce costs and burden for states and territories administering the CCDF program. It proposes rescinding the requirements to limit family co-payments to 7 percent of family income, to provide some direct services through grants or contracts, to pay providers based on child's enrollment, and to pay providers prospectively that were added to the CCDF regulations in the March 2024 final rule, Improving Child Care Access, Affordability, and Stability in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) (89 FR 15366). The docket on https://www.regulations.gov will include a plain language summary of the NPRM as required by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4).","document_number":"2025-24272","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/05/2025-24272/restoring-flexibility-in-the-child-care-and-development-fund-ccdf","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-05/pdf/2025-24272.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24272.pdf?1767361516","publication_date":"2026-01-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"certificates or vouchers to access the <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of their choosing, including faith-based <span class=\"match\">providers</span>.\n \n \n • \n Repeal the requirement to pay child care <span class=\"match\">providers</span> prospectively at § 98.45(m)(1). \n The March 2024 final rule <span class=\"match\">required</span> <span class=\"match\">provider</span> payment in advance of or at the beginning of the delivery of service (\n i.e., \n prospectively) with limited exceptions. This NPRM proposes to rescind this requirement, which only six States have implemented to date, and would revert to the option for States and Territories to pay <span class=\"match\">providers</span> prospectively or on a reimbursement"}]}