{"description":"Documents matching 'security assigned phone narrative true size compliance'","count":611,"total_pages":31,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=security+assigned+phone+narrative+true+size+compliance&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or \"Department\") is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on its proposal to modify the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (\"Security Rule\") under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act). The proposed modifications would revise existing standards to better protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposals in this NPRM would increase the cybersecurity for ePHI by revising the Security Rule to address: changes in the environment in which health care is provided; significant increases in breaches and cyberattacks; common deficiencies the Office for Civil Rights has observed in investigations into Security Rule compliance by covered entities and their business associates (collectively, \"regulated entities\"); other cybersecurity guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes; and court decisions that affect enforcement of the Security Rule.","document_number":"2024-30983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30983/hipaa-security-rule-to-strengthen-the-cybersecurity-of-electronic-protected-health-information","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30983.pdf?1735334119","publication_date":"2025-01-06","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"comply with the <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Rule, or require only modest improvement to come into <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Rule requirements.\n 103 \n \n Like the 2003 Final Rule,\n 104 \n \n the 2013 Omnibus Rule highlighted that the <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Rule was designed to be technology neutral and scalable and reiterated that regulated entities have the flexibility to choose <span class=\"match\">security</span> measures appropriate for their <span class=\"match\">size</span>, resources, and the nature of the <span class=\"match\">security</span> risks they face.\n 105 \n \n Accordingly, regulated entities have the flexibility to choose appropriate <span class=\"match\">security</span> measures considering"},{"title":"Electronic Submission of Certain Materials Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS Report","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\" or \"SEC\") is amending its rules to require electronic filing or submission of certain forms and other filings or submissions that are required to be filed with or submitted to the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\") and the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The amendments require the electronic filing or submission on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (\"EDGAR\") system, using structured data where appropriate, for certain forms filed or submitted by self- regulatory organizations (\"SROs\"). The amendments require the information currently contained in Form 19b-4(e) to be publicly posted on the SRO's website and remove the manual signature requirements for SRO proposed rule change filings. The Commission is also requiring that a clearing agency post supplemental material to its website. In addition, the Commission is amending rules under the Exchange Act and the Securities Act of 1933 (\"Securities Act\") to require the electronic filing or submission on EDGAR, using structured data where appropriate, of certain forms, reports, and notices provided by broker- dealers, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants. The amendments also require withdrawal in certain circumstances of notices filed in connection with an exception to counting certain dealing transactions toward determining whether a person is a security-based swap dealer. Finally, the Commission is allowing electronic signatures in certain broker-dealer filings, and amending the Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single Report (\"FOCUS Report\") to harmonize with other rules, make technical corrections, and provide clarifications.","document_number":"2024-30433","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2024-30433/electronic-submission-of-certain-materials-under-the-securities-exchange-act-of-1934-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2024-30433.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30433.pdf?1737121512","publication_date":"2025-01-21","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":"format of reports that substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> firms are required to submit.” \n 28 \n \n The Commission's orders granting substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> (“substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> orders”) \n 29 \n \n condition substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> for the requirements of certain Exchange Act rules in part on a non-U.S. SBS Entity providing information to the Commission, including reports and other information required by foreign law. The substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> orders do not, however, address how an SBS Entity relying on substituted <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> should provide such information to"},{"title":"Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks; Schedule of Application Fees","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (\"FCC\" or \"Commission\") takes another important step to protect the Nation's submarine cable infrastructure from threats in an evolving national security and law enforcement landscape by undertaking the first major comprehensive review of the Commission's submarine cable rules since 2001. This review seeks to develop forward-looking rules to better protect submarine cables, identify and mitigate harms affecting national security and law enforcement, and facilitate the deployment of submarine cables and capacity to the market. Among other things, the Commission proposes to adopt a three-year periodic reporting requirement for submarine cable landing licenses; in the alternative, the Commission seeks comment on shortening the current 25-year submarine cable license term or adopting a shorter license term in combination with periodic reporting. The Commission also proposes or seeks comment on codifying the Commission's legal jurisdiction and other legal requirements in its rules to provide regulatory certainty to submarine cable owners and operators. Additionally, the Commission proposes and seeks comment on appropriate applicant and application requirements to account for the evolution of technologies and facilities and changes in the national security landscape over the last two decades and to ensure the Commission has targeted and granular information regarding the ownership, control, use of a submarine cable system, and other things, which are critical to the Commission's review to assess potential national security risks and other important public interest factors. Further, the Commission seeks comment on improving the quality of the circuit capacity data and facilitating the sharing of such information with other Federal agencies. Through these proposals, the Commission seeks to ensure that the Commission is exercising appropriate oversight of submarine cables to safeguard U.S. communications networks.","document_number":"2025-03718","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/13/2025-03718/review-of-submarine-cable-landing-license-rules-and-procedures-to-assess-evolving-national-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-13/pdf/2025-03718.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03718.pdf?1741783507","publication_date":"2025-03-13","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":"under the Commission's rules and the FOIA.\n \n \n 6. Regulatory <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Certifications \n \n 85. Given concerns about ensuring the <span class=\"match\">security</span> and integrity of this critical infrastructure, the Commission proposes new certifications to protect against national <span class=\"match\">security</span>, law enforcement, and other risks. The Commission tentatively \n \n concludes that such requirements would help mitigate national <span class=\"match\">security</span>, economic <span class=\"match\">security</span>, law enforcement, and other concerns associated with threats to the <span class=\"match\">security</span> of submarine cable infrastructure. The Commission also expects"},{"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":"524114 (Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers). According to SBA <span class=\"match\">size</span> standards,\n 250 \n \n entities with average annual receipts of $47 million or less are considered small entities within this classification. Alternatively, some may fall under NAICS code 621491 (HMO Medical Centers), which has a <span class=\"match\">size</span> standard of $44.5 million or less.\n 251 \n \n \n \n \n 250 \n  U.S. Small Business Administration, \n Table of <span class=\"match\">Size</span> Standards \n (2023), \n https://www.sba.gov/document/support--table-<span class=\"match\">size</span>-standards \n (last updated Dec. 26, 2024).\n \n \n \n \n 251 \n  \n Id. \n "},{"title":"Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document contains an amended and restated Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program or Program) under title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). The VFC Program is designed to encourage correction of fiduciary breaches and compliance with the law by permitting persons to avoid potential Department of Labor civil enforcement actions and civil penalties if they voluntarily correct eligible transactions in a manner that meets the requirements of the Program. The amendments to the Program simplify and expand the VFC Program to make the Program easier to use and more useful for employers and others who wish to avail themselves of the relief provided. Specifically, the Program amendments add a self-correction feature for delinquent transmittal of participant contributions and loan repayments to a pension plan under certain circumstances; clarify some existing transactions eligible for correction under the Program; expand the scope of other transactions currently eligible for correction; and simplify certain administrative or procedural requirements for participation in and correction of transactions under the VFC Program. In addition, the amendments implement section 305(b)(2) and (3) of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0 Act) by adding a self-correction feature for certain participant loan failures self-corrected under the Internal Revenue Service's Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (as described in Rev. Proc. 2021-30, or any successor guidance) (IRS's EPCRS).","document_number":"2025-00327","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00327/voluntary-fiduciary-correction-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00327.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00327.pdf?1736862323","publication_date":"2025-01-15","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":"address (street and email) and telephone number of a contact person. The contact person must be familiar with the contents of the application and have authority to respond to inquiries from EBSA.\n \n \n (d) \n Detailed <span class=\"match\">narrative</span>. \n The applicant must provide to EBSA a detailed <span class=\"match\">narrative</span> describing the Breach and the corrective action. The <span class=\"match\">narrative</span> must include:\n \n \n (1) A list of all persons materially involved in the Breach and its correction (\n e.g., \n fiduciaries, service providers, borrowers);\n \n (2) The plan sponsor's nine-digit number (EIN), plan number"},{"title":"Funding Opportunities: Bond Guarantee Program, FY 2026; Notice of Guarantee Availability","type":"Notice","abstract":"This NOGA is published in connection with the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury). Through this NOGA, the CDFI Fund announces the availability of up to $500 million of Guarantee Authority in FY 2026 subject to Congressional authorization. This NOGA explains application submission and evaluation requirements and processes, and provides agency contacts and information on CDFI Bond Guarantee Program outreach. Parties interested in being approved for a Guarantee under the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program must submit Qualified Issuer Applications and Guarantee Applications for consideration in accordance with this NOGA. Capitalized terms used in this NOGA, and not defined elsewhere, are defined in the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program regulations (12 CFR 1808.102) and the CDFI Program regulations (12 CFR 1805.104).","document_number":"2026-13172","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13172/funding-opportunities-bond-guarantee-program-fy-2026-notice-of-guarantee-availability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-30/pdf/2026-13172.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13172.pdf?1782737117","publication_date":"2026-06-30","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":"Community Development Financial Institutions Fund","name":"Community Development Financial Institutions Fund","id":78,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/community-development-financial-institutions-fund","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/78","parent_id":497,"slug":"community-development-financial-institutions-fund"}],"excerpts":"rounds, which could result in any pending applications being deemed ineligible for further review. The CDFI Bond Guarantee Program staff cannot resolve <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> matters; instead, please contact the CDFI Fund's Office of <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (OCME) by AMIS Service Request if your organization has questions about its current <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> status or has been found not in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with a previously executed agreement with the CDFI Fund. \n 3. Ineligibility due to default or noncompliance. The CDFI Fund will not consider a Qualified"},{"title":"Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"With this final rule, DoD establishes the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program in order to verify contractors have implemented required security measures necessary to safeguard Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The mechanisms discussed in this rule will allow the Department to confirm a defense contractor or subcontractor has implemented the security requirements for a specified CMMC level and is maintaining that status (meaning level and assessment type) across the contract period of performance. This rule will be updated as needed, using the appropriate rulemaking process, to address evolving cybersecurity standards, requirements, threats, and other relevant changes.","document_number":"2024-22905","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/15/2024-22905/cybersecurity-maturity-model-certification-cmmc-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-15/pdf/2024-22905.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22905.pdf?1728650732","publication_date":"2024-10-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Standard (FIPS) Publication (PUB) 200 (FIPS PUB 200), titled “Minimum <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems,” is the second of two <span class=\"match\">security</span> standards mandated by the Federal Information <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Management Act (FISMA). It specifies minimum <span class=\"match\">security</span> requirements for information and information systems supporting the executive agencies of the Federal government and a risk-based process for selecting the <span class=\"match\">security</span> controls necessary to satisfy the minimum-<span class=\"match\">security</span> requirements. This standard promotes the development, implementation"},{"title":"Mandatory Toy Safety Standards: Requirements for Neck Floats","type":"Rule","abstract":"Section 106(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. ASTM F963-23, however, does not establish specific performance requirements for aquatic toys, such as neck floats. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is issuing this final rule establishing additional performance requirements specifically for neck floats and revised labeling requirements for neck floats to address fatal hazards associated with neck floats. The Commission is also amending CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include neck floats.","document_number":"2025-22827","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/15/2025-22827/mandatory-toy-safety-standards-requirements-for-neck-floats","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/pdf/2025-22827.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22827.pdf?1765547125","publication_date":"2025-12-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"published SBA <span class=\"match\">size</span> standard NAICS code and the SUSB code. Staff used the code description to match the <span class=\"match\">size</span> standard to the correct value. Retailer <span class=\"match\">size</span> determination is made using 2017 SUSB data by applying the ratio of firms that meet the standard to the 2021 data values.\n \n \n \n ER15DE25.026 \n \n \n ER15DE25.027 \n \n The data indicated that all the manufacturers/importers of these products are considered to be small businesses. CPSC assesses that the total <span class=\"match\">size</span> of this market likely does not exceed $5 million in aggregate. \n E. <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span>, Reporting"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) proposes rules that would help ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. When the Commission first adopted 911 reliability rules in 2013, the transition to NG911 was in its very early stages. Since then, many state and local 911 Authorities have made significant progress in deploying NG911 capabilities in their jurisdictions. This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) is the next step in fulfilling the Commission's commitment to facilitate the NG911 transition and to ensure that the transition does not inadvertently create vulnerabilities in the nation's critical public safety networks. The FNPRM proposes to update the definition of \"covered 911 service provider\" in the Commission's existing 911 reliability rules to ensure that the rules apply to service providers that control or operate critical pathways and components in NG911 networks. It also proposes to update the reliability standards for providers of critical NG911 functions to ensure the reliable delivery of 911 traffic to NG911 delivery points, and proposes to establish NG911 interoperability requirements for interstate transfer of 911 traffic between Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInets). In addition, the FNPRM proposes to modify the certification and oversight mechanisms in the current 911 reliability rules to improve reliability and interoperability in NG911 systems while minimizing burdens on service providers, and proposes to empower state and local 911 Authorities to obtain reliability and interoperability certifications directly from covered 911 service providers.","document_number":"2025-09279","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/04/2025-09279/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-04/pdf/2025-09279.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09279.pdf?1748954707","publication_date":"2025-06-04","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":"And Homeland <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Bureau Announces Updates To The Communications <span class=\"match\">Security</span>, Reliability, And Interoperability Council Best Practices Database, \n Public Notice, 35 FCC Rcd 577 (PSHSB 2020). The CSRIC Best Practices database can be accessed on the FCC website at \n https://opendata.fcc.gov/Public-Safety/CSRIC-Best-Practices/qb45-rw2t/data \n (last visited Feb. 14, 2025).\n \n \n \n \n 33 \n  FCC, \n Communications <span class=\"match\">Security</span>, Reliability, and Interoperability Council VII, https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/advisory-committees/communications-<span class=\"match\">security</span>-reliability"},{"title":"Covered Clearing Agency Resilience and Recovery and Orderly Wind-Down Plans","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is adopting amendments to certain rules in the Covered Clearing Agency Standards (\"CCA Standards\") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\") and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (\"Dodd-Frank Act\"). The amendments strengthen existing rules by adding new requirements related to the collection of intraday margin by a covered clearing agency (\"CCA\") and the use of substantive inputs in its risk-based margin system. The Commission is also adopting a new rule to establish required elements of a CCA's recovery and orderly wind-down plan (\"RWP\").","document_number":"2024-25570","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/18/2024-25570/covered-clearing-agency-resilience-and-recovery-and-orderly-wind-down-plans","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-18/pdf/2024-25570.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25570.pdf?1731678319","publication_date":"2024-11-18","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":"any covered person who agrees to a covered <span class=\"match\">securities</span> loan on behalf of itself or another person to report specified information about the covered <span class=\"match\">securities</span> loan to a registered national <span class=\"match\">securities</span> association (currently FINRA is the only registered national <span class=\"match\">securities</span> association)—or rely on a reporting agent to do so—and requires the registered national <span class=\"match\">securities</span> association to make certain information it receives available to the public. Covered persons will include market intermediaries, <span class=\"match\">securities</span> lenders, and broker-dealers, while reporting"},{"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":"part addresses broad <span class=\"match\">security</span> requirements that apply to acquisitions of products and services. It outlines policies and procedures for managing information <span class=\"match\">security</span> and supply chain <span class=\"match\">security</span> when acquiring products and services that include, but are not limited to, information and communications technology (ICT). \n (b) See parts 24 and 46 for more policies and procedures related to managing information <span class=\"match\">security</span> and supply chain <span class=\"match\">security</span>. \n \n (c) Information and supply chain policies and procedures that are unrelated to <span class=\"match\">security</span> are covered in other"},{"title":"Applications: Bond Guarantee Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"This NOGA is published in connection with the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury). Through this NOGA, the CDFI Fund announces the availability of up to $500 million of Guarantee Authority in FY 2025 subject to Congressional authorization. This NOGA explains application submission and evaluation requirements and processes and provides agency contacts and information on CDFI Bond Guarantee Program outreach. Parties interested in being approved for a Guarantee under the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program must submit Qualified Issuer Applications and Guarantee Applications for consideration in accordance with this NOGA. Capitalized terms used in this NOGA and not defined elsewhere are defined in the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program regulations (12 CFR 1808.102) and the CDFI Program regulations (12 CFR 1805.104).","document_number":"2024-30269","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/20/2024-30269/applications-bond-guarantee-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-20/pdf/2024-30269.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30269.pdf?1734615914","publication_date":"2024-12-20","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":"Community Development Financial Institutions Fund","name":"Community Development Financial Institutions Fund","id":78,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/community-development-financial-institutions-fund","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/78","parent_id":497,"slug":"community-development-financial-institutions-fund"}],"excerpts":"rounds, which could result in any pending applications being deemed ineligible for further review. The CDFI Bond Guarantee Program staff cannot resolve <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> matters; instead, please contact the CDFI Fund's Office of <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (OCME) by AMIS Service Request if your organization has questions about its current <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> status or has been found not in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with a previously executed agreement with the CDFI Fund. \n 3. Ineligibility due to default or noncompliance. The CDFI Fund will not consider a Qualified"},{"title":"Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA), as amended, requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to promulgate regulations implementing the statute's covered cyber incident and ransom payment reporting requirements for covered entities. CISA seeks comment on the proposed rule to implement CIRCIA's requirements and on several practical and policy issues related to the implementation of these new reporting requirements.","document_number":"2024-06526","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/04/2024-06526/cyber-incident-reporting-for-critical-infrastructure-act-circia-reporting-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-04/pdf/2024-06526.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06526.pdf?1711543528","publication_date":"2024-04-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"the consequences that disruption to or compromise of an entity could cause to national <span class=\"match\">security</span>, economic <span class=\"match\">security</span>, or public health and safety. While <span class=\"match\">size</span> is not alone indicative of criticality, larger entities' larger customer bases, market shares, number of employees, and other similar <span class=\"match\">size</span>-based characteristics mean that cyber incidents affecting them typically have greater potential to result in consequences impacting national <span class=\"match\">security</span>, economic <span class=\"match\">security</span>, or public health and safety than cyber incidents affecting smaller companies. For example"},{"title":"Cybersecurity Risk Management Rule for Broker-Dealers, Clearing Agencies, Major Security-Based Swap Participants, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, National Securities Associations, National Securities Exchanges, Security-Based Swap Data Repositories, Security-Based Swap Dealers, and Transfer Agents","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is proposing a new rule and form and amendments to existing recordkeeping rules to require broker-dealers, clearing agencies, major security- based swap participants, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, national securities associations, national securities exchanges, security-based swap data repositories, security-based swap dealers, and transfer agents to address cybersecurity risks through policies and procedures, immediate notification to the Commission of the occurrence of a significant cybersecurity incident and, as applicable, reporting detailed information to the Commission about a significant cybersecurity incident, and public disclosures that would improve transparency with respect to cybersecurity risks and significant cybersecurity incidents. In addition, the Commission is proposing amendments to existing clearing agency exemption orders to require the retention of records that would need to be made under the proposed cybersecurity requirements. Finally, the Commission is proposing amendments to address the potential availability to security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants of substituted compliance in connection with those requirements.","document_number":"2023-05767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/05/2023-05767/cybersecurity-risk-management-rule-for-broker-dealers-clearing-agencies-major-security-based-swap","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-05/pdf/2023-05767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-05767.pdf?1680612314","publication_date":"2023-04-05","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":"support, among other things, disseminating market information, underwriting <span class=\"match\">securities</span> issuances, making markets in <span class=\"match\">securities</span>, trading <span class=\"match\">securities</span>, providing liquidity to the <span class=\"match\">securities</span> markets, executing <span class=\"match\">securities</span> transactions, clearing and settling <span class=\"match\">securities</span> transactions, financing <span class=\"match\">securities</span> transactions, recording and transferring <span class=\"match\">securities</span> ownership, maintaining custody of <span class=\"match\">securities</span>, paying dividends and interest on <span class=\"match\">securities</span>, repaying principal on <span class=\"match\">securities</span> investments, supervising regulated market participants, and monitoring market"},{"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":"sample <span class=\"match\">sizes</span> to ensure statistical validity while maintaining operational feasibility across State Exchanges of varying <span class=\"match\">sizes</span>. While the sampling methodology design would produce statistically valid improper payment estimates at both the aggregate State Exchange level and individual State Exchange levels, we recognize that the precision of improper payment estimates at the State Exchange level would vary based on State Exchange <span class=\"match\">size</span> and corresponding sample <span class=\"match\">sizes</span>. State Exchanges with smaller APTC populations may have smaller sample <span class=\"match\">sizes</span> resulting"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules addressing all intrastate, interstate, and international audio and video incarcerated people's communication services (IPCS), including video visitation services. The reforms include adopting permanent rate caps for audio IPCS and interim rate caps for video; prohibiting IPCS providers from making site commission payments associated with IPCS and preempting state and local laws and regulations requiring such commissions; prohibiting IPCS providers from imposing any separate ancillary service charges on IPCS consumers; strengthening the Commission's requirements for access to IPCS by incarcerated people with disabilities; permitting IPCS providers to offer optional alternate pricing plans that comply with the rate caps; strengthening existing consumer disclosure and inactive account requirements; revising the existing annual reporting and certification requirements; facilitating enforcement of the new IPCS rules; and delegating authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA).","document_number":"2024-19037","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19037/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19037.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19037.pdf?1726663521","publication_date":"2024-09-20","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":"incarcerated persons in order to distinguish among different <span class=\"match\">sizes</span> of jails. Although certain commenters suggest other <span class=\"match\">size</span> thresholds, we find that the <span class=\"match\">size</span> tiers we adopt here best fit the data submitted for the 2023 Mandatory Data Collection.\n \n 149. While the Martha Wright-Reed Act specifies that we consider cost differences among three <span class=\"match\">sizes</span> of facilities (“small, medium, and large”), we do not interpret that specification as a directive that limits our actions to only three <span class=\"match\">size</span> tiers that correspond to the terms referenced in the statute"},{"title":"Review of International Authorizations To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks; Amendment of the Schedule of Application Fees","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) takes another important step to protect the nation's telecommunications infrastructure from threats in an evolving national security and law enforcement landscape by proposing comprehensive changes to the Commission's rules that allow carriers to provide international telecommunications service. The Commission proposes rules that would require carriers to renew, every 10 years, their international authorizations. In the alternative, the Commission seeks comment on adopting rules that would require all international authorization holders to periodically update information enabling the Commission to review the public interest and national security implications of those authorizations based on that updated information. Through these proposals, the Commission seeks to ensure that the Commission is exercising appropriate oversight of international authorization holders to safeguard U.S. telecommunications networks.","document_number":"2023-13040","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/01/2023-13040/review-of-international-authorizations-to-assess-evolving-national-security-law-enforcement-foreign","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-08-01/pdf/2023-13040.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-13040.pdf?1690807521","publication_date":"2023-08-01","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":"13d-3(a) defines a beneficial owner of a <span class=\"match\">security</span> to include any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such <span class=\"match\">security</span>; and/or investment power, which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such <span class=\"match\">security</span>. \n Id. \n at n.128; 17 CFR 240.13d-3(a). Exchange Act Rule 13d-1(i) defines the term “equity <span class=\"match\">security</span>” as any equity <span class=\"match\">security</span> of a class which is registered pursuant"},{"title":"Space Modernization for the 21st Century","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or we) proposes to overhaul and modernize the Commission's space and earth station licensing process to help \"ensure that new space-based industries, space exploration capabilities, and cutting-edge defense systems are pioneered in America rather than by our adversaries.\" In particular, the NPRM proposes to develop a \"licensing assembly line\" designed so applications can be routed along different paths and segmented for review based on specific aspects of a request. This new process would set the stage for ongoing efficiency gains and would provide greater predictability and flexibility for applicants. In this way, we expect--like actual assembly lines--that the space review processes can be dramatically accelerated while improving the quality of the Commission's space licensing work.","document_number":"2025-22019","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22019/space-modernization-for-the-21st-century","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22019.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22019.pdf?1764855918","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":"forms that pertain to their requested operations. We propose to still require a description of the proposed system in the application but seek to substantially reduce the <span class=\"match\">narratives</span> required. Experience with part 25 application requirements shows that lengthy <span class=\"match\">narratives</span> and non-standard submissions can slow the review process as the Commission must spend time parsing the <span class=\"match\">narrative</span> and reconciling inconsistencies with other parts of the application. Additionally, we believe that this approach could facilitate intake of application data in standardized"},{"title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2026 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We also describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment systems. In addition, this final rule with comment period announces the closure of a teaching hospital and the opportunity to apply for available slots, and updates and refines the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, and hospitals to make public their standard charge information and enforcement of hospital price transparency, as well as summarizes comments received in response to a request for information on measure concepts regarding Well-Being and Nutrition for consideration in future years for the OQR, REHQR, and ASCQR programs.","document_number":"2025-20907","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20907/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20907.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20907.pdf?1763759710","publication_date":"2025-11-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"of each primary service (single unit only) to be <span class=\"match\">assigned</span> to status indicator “J1” according to its comprehensive geometric mean costs. For the minority of claims reporting more than one primary service <span class=\"match\">assigned</span> to status indicator “J1” or units thereof, we identify one “J1” service as the primary service for the claim based on our cost-based ranking of primary services. We then <span class=\"match\">assign</span> these multiple “J1” procedure claims to the C-APC to which the service designated as the primary service is <span class=\"match\">assigned</span>. If the reported “J1” services on a claim map to"},{"title":"Medicare Program; FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. This proposed rule also includes an analysis of Medicare non-hospice spending, including details regarding a hospice service and spending variation index (SSVI), and proposes to require that hospices provide the hospice election statement addendum to all Medicare beneficiaries at the time of hospice election. Additionally, this rule proposes conforming regulation text changes to discharge from hospice care regulations; regulation text changes to the face-to-face encounter regulations; and includes requests for information on community palliative care services; the construction of a hospice specific wage index; and the overlap between hospice and medical aid in dying (MAID). Finally, this rule proposes changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program.","document_number":"2026-06604","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06604/medicare-program-fy-2027-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-and-hospice-quality-reporting","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06604.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06604.pdf?1775160907","publication_date":"2026-04-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"applied to FY payments based on <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> in the corresponding Reporting Year/Data Collection Year. \n \n • For the CAHPS Hospice Survey, the Reference Year is the CY before the Data Collection Year. The Reference Year applies to hospices submitting a <span class=\"match\">size</span> exemption from the CAHPS survey (there is no similar exemption for HIS or HOPE).\n 21 \n \n For example, for the CY 2025 data collection year, the Reference Year is CY 2024. This means providers seeking a <span class=\"match\">size</span> exemption for CAHPS in CY 2025 will base it on their hospice <span class=\"match\">size</span> in CY 2024.\n \n \n \n 21 \n  CAHPS"}]}