{"description":"Documents matching 'security standards benefits card narrative true requirements'","count":486,"total_pages":25,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=security+standards+benefits+card+narrative+true+requirements&format=json&page=2","results":[{"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":"responsible entities; <span class=\"match\">standards</span> 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 <span class=\"match\">standards</span> and essential community provider <span class=\"match\">standards</span> for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health <span class=\"match\">Benefit</span> (EHB); <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> in addition to the"},{"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":"Insurance Markets \n B. Part 153—<span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Related to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors, and Risk Adjustment \n C. Part 154—Health Insurance Issuer Rate Increases: Disclosures and Review <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n D. Part 155—Exchange Establishment <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> and Other Related <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> \n E. Part 156—Health Insurance Issuer <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Under the Affordable Care Act Including <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Related to Exchanges \n F. Part 158—Issuer Use of Premium Revenue: Reporting and Rebate <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n G. Severability \n IV. Collection of Information <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n A. Wage Estimates \n B. ICRs"},{"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":"organization accredited by the American National <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Institute (ANSI) and using the ANSI process for adopting such <span class=\"match\">standards</span>.\n 72 \n \n \n \n \n 71 \n  \n Id. \n at 43244.\n \n \n \n \n 72 \n  \n Id. \n at 43244, 43249, 43260-61.\n \n \n \n In describing its general approach to the 1998 Proposed Rule, the Department defined the <span class=\"match\">security</span> <span class=\"match\">standard</span> as a set of <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> with implementation features that covered entities must include in their operations to assure the <span class=\"match\">security</span> of individuals' ePHI.\n 73 \n \n The <span class=\"match\">security</span> <span class=\"match\">standard</span> was based on three basic concepts that were"},{"title":"Enhanced Transparency and Public Accountability of the Supervisory Stress Test Models and Scenarios; Modifications to the Capital Planning and Stress Capital Buffer Requirement Rule, Enhanced Prudential Standards Rule, and Regulation LL","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Board is inviting public comment on the models used to conduct the Board's supervisory stress test, changes to those models to be implemented in the 2026 stress test, and proposed changes to enhance the transparency and public accountability of the Board's stress testing framework (the proposal). The proposal would amend the Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing, including to implement guides for additional scenario variables, and the Stress Testing Policy Statement. The proposal would also codify an enhanced disclosure process under which the Board would annually publish comprehensive documentation on the stress test models, invite public comment on any material changes that the Board seeks to make to those models, and annually publish the stress test scenarios for comment. Lastly, the proposal would make changes to the FR Y-14A/Q/M to remove items that are no longer needed to conduct the supervisory stress test and to collect additional data to support the stress test models and improve risk capture.","document_number":"2025-20211","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/18/2025-20211/enhanced-transparency-and-public-accountability-of-the-supervisory-stress-test-models-and-scenarios","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-18/pdf/2025-20211.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20211.pdf?1763387141","publication_date":"2025-11-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"}],"excerpts":"yields. \n Losses on <span class=\"match\">Securities</span> \n \n A firm's balance sheet typically contains holdings of two types of <span class=\"match\">securities</span> related to investment activities: available-for-sale and held-to-\n \n maturity. Available-for-sale and held-to-maturity <span class=\"match\">securities</span> are generally held at fair value and amortized cost, respectively, on a firm's balance sheet. The Board estimates two types of losses on <span class=\"match\">securities</span> related to investment activities.\n 43 \n \n \n \n \n 43 \n  This portfolio does not include <span class=\"match\">securities</span> held for trading. Losses on these <span class=\"match\">securities</span> are projected by the"},{"title":"Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Pursuant to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and FinCEN's efforts to modernize the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and to implement provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act), FinCEN is proposing a rule to fundamentally reform the requirements for financial institutions' anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs. Among other changes, this proposed rule aims to ensure that financial institutions establish and maintain effective AML/CFT programs that better achieve the purposes of the BSA and lead to more effective outcomes for financial institutions as well as law enforcement and national security agencies. Through this rulemaking, consistent with its statutory authority as the administrator of the BSA, FinCEN is also proposing measures to modernize and reform Federal supervision of AML/CFT programs by enhancing FinCEN's role in AML/CFT supervision and enforcement in coordination with Federal banking regulators. In addition, FinCEN is proposing regulatory amendments to promote clarity and consistency across FinCEN's program rules for different types of financial institutions.","document_number":"2026-07033","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-07033/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-07033.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07033.pdf?1775738723","publication_date":"2026-04-10","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":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","id":194,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/financial-crimes-enforcement-network","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/194","parent_id":497,"slug":"financial-crimes-enforcement-network"}],"excerpts":"of the BSA, FinCEN expects banks to adhere to FinCEN's rule as promulgated via the Secretary's explicit authority to prescribe minimum <span class=\"match\">standards</span> for AML/CFT programs. \n \n The proposed rules for broker-dealers and FCMs and IBCs would retain <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> to comply with the rules, regulations, or <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of their SROs, provided those rules, regulations, or <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> have been made effective under the <span class=\"match\">Securities</span> Exchange Act of 1934 for broker-dealers,\n 104 \n \n or the Commodity Exchange Act for FCMs and IBCs,\n 105 \n \n or by the appropriate Federal"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises standards relating to denial of coverage for failure to pay past-due premium; excludes Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of \"lawfully present;\" establishes the evidentiary standard HHS uses to assess an agent's, broker's, or web-broker's potential noncompliance; revises the Exchange automatic reenrollment hierarchy; revises standards related to the annual open enrollment period and special enrollment periods; revises standards relating to failure to file and reconcile, income eligibility verifications for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions, annual eligibility redeterminations, de minimis thresholds for the actuarial value for plans subject to essential health benefits (EHB) requirements, and income-based cost-sharing reduction plan variations. This final rule also revises the premium adjustment percentage methodology and prohibits issuers of coverage subject to EHB requirements from providing coverage for specified sex-trait modification procedures as an EHB.","document_number":"2025-11606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/25/2025-11606/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-marketplace-integrity-and-affordability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-25/pdf/2025-11606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11606.pdf?1750709712","publication_date":"2025-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"We received one comment in favor of the “preponderance of the evidence” <span class=\"match\">standard</span> stating that compliant agents, brokers, and web-brokers will <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> from our use of the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> and asking HHS to also pair the new <span class=\"match\">standard</span> with continuous monitoring tools to further target noncompliant agents, brokers, and web-brokers.\n \n \n Response: \n We agree with the commenter that compliant agents, brokers, and web-brokers will <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> from the “preponderance of the evidence” <span class=\"match\">standard</span>, which clarifies the termination for cause process for agents, brokers, and"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicaid, Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, drug coverage, dual eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas, including the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. This proposed rule also includes proposals to codify existing subregulatory guidance in the Part C and Part D programs.","document_number":"2024-27939","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/10/2024-27939/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to-the-medicare","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-10/pdf/2024-27939.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27939.pdf?1732656194","publication_date":"2024-12-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"established <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for 2025 for Part D sponsors to undertake targeted outreach, both prior to and during the plan year, directly to Part D enrollees likely to <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> from the program. \n While the statute requires a likely to <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> notification, it does not outline the specific criteria or define the profile of someone who is likely to <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> under the program. In the final part one guidance, CMS developed a standardized, quantitative framework for assessing “likely to <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>,” which was used to inform targeted outreach <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> both prior"},{"title":"Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics Seek Comment on Proposed 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for Incarcerated People's Communications Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seek comment on the contours and specific requirements of the proposed 2026 Mandatory Data Collection for incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS). Consistent with the Commission's direction, in this document, we seek comment on proposals to modify the Commission's previous data collection to obtain data and information necessary for the Commission to set permanent rate caps for audio and video ICPS and, to the extent practicable, lessen the reporting burdens on ICPS providers.","document_number":"2026-12234","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12234/wireline-competition-bureau-and-office-of-economics-and-analytics-seek-comment-on-proposed-2026","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12234.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12234.pdf?1781613919","publication_date":"2026-06-17","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":"consideration of safety and <span class=\"match\">security</span> measures. The Commission structured reporting of safety and <span class=\"match\">security</span> expenses by requiring providers to allocate their expenses across seven different cost categories. This approach produced imperfect data for purposes of ratemaking for at least two reasons. First, as the Commission acknowledged, “the categories of safety and <span class=\"match\">security</span> costs in the 2023 Mandatory Data Collection [were] imprecise.” This meant that safety and <span class=\"match\">security</span> costs “c[ould] be allocated among different <span class=\"match\">security</span> categories or functions in"},{"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":"be out of compliance with ID <span class=\"match\">card</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> where a plan or issuer includes on any ID <span class=\"match\">card</span>, among other things, a telephone number and website address for individuals to seek consumer assistance and access additional applicable deductibles and maximum out-of-pocket limits.\n \n \n \n The Departments request comment on whether this proposal should include phone service <span class=\"match\">standards</span> to ensure that consumers have access to timely and reliable information. In particular, the Departments request comment on what such <span class=\"match\">standards</span> should include and what parameters"},{"title":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers","type":"Rule","abstract":"FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), is issuing a final rule to include certain investment advisers in the definition of \"financial institution\" under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), prescribe minimum standards for anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs to be established by certain investment advisers, require certain investment advisers to report suspicious activity to FinCEN pursuant to the BSA, and make several other related changes to FinCEN regulations. These regulations will apply to certain investment advisers who may be at risk for misuse by money launderers, terrorist financers, or other actors who seek access to the U.S. financial system for illicit purposes and who threaten U.S. national security.","document_number":"2024-19260","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/04/2024-19260/financial-crimes-enforcement-network-anti-money-launderingcountering-the-financing-of-terrorism","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-04/pdf/2024-19260.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19260.pdf?1724849118","publication_date":"2024-09-04","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":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","id":194,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/financial-crimes-enforcement-network","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/194","parent_id":497,"slug":"financial-crimes-enforcement-network"}],"excerpts":"With respect to the minimum <span class=\"match\">standards</span> for an investment adviser's AML/CFT program, FinCEN is adopting the minimum <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> largely as proposed in the IA AML NPRM, with several changes. In line with the proposed rule, the final rule maintains the exclusion of mutual funds from the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of an investment adviser's AML/CFT program <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>. It includes modified text, however, to permit an investment adviser to categorically exclude any mutual fund from an investment adviser's AML/CFT program <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> without obligating the adviser"},{"title":"Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"FTC\" or \"Commission\"), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice (\"Assistant Attorney General\" or \"Antitrust Division\") (together the \"Agencies\"), is issuing this final rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose (\"SBP\") to amend the Premerger Notification Rules (the \"Rules\") that implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act (\"the HSR Act\" or \"HSR\"), including the Premerger Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (\"Form\") and Instructions to the Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions (\"Instructions\"). The final rule requires parties to transactions that are reportable under the HSR Act to provide documentary material and information that are necessary and appropriate for the Agencies to efficiently and effectively conduct an initial assessment to determine whether the transaction may violate the antitrust laws and whether to issue a Request for Additional Information (\"Second Request\") as provided by the HSR Act. In addition, the final rule implements certain requirements of the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (\"Merger Modernization Act\") and ministerial changes to the Rules as well as the necessary amendments to the Instructions to effect the final changes.","document_number":"2024-25024","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/12/2024-25024/premerger-notification-reporting-and-waiting-period-requirements","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-12/pdf/2024-25024.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25024.pdf?1731073564","publication_date":"2024-11-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"has modified these <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> to focus only on those limited partners that also have management rights, such as the right to appoint members to the board. Moreover, the final rule does not adopt certain proposed <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> to identify board observers, or creditors, holders of non-voting <span class=\"match\">securities</span>, or entities with management agreements. The Commission has determined not to require this information at this time but will continue to monitor market activity as it implements the final rule. \n Similarly, new document <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> contained in the"},{"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":"accept an online end user license agreement prior to accessing any <span class=\"match\">standards</span>.\n \n The materials that are incorporated by reference are summarized below. \n (a) Federal Information Processing <span class=\"match\">Standard</span> (FIPS) Publication (PUB) 200 (FIPS PUB 200), titled “Minimum <span class=\"match\">Security</span> <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> for Federal Information and Information Systems,” is the second of two <span class=\"match\">security</span> <span class=\"match\">standards</span> mandated by the Federal Information <span class=\"match\">Security</span> Management Act (FISMA). It specifies minimum <span class=\"match\">security</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for information and information systems supporting the executive agencies"},{"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":"with national <span class=\"match\">security</span>, economic <span class=\"match\">security</span>, public safety, and/or the resiliency of NCFs: \n 5 \n \n \n \n \n 5 \n  Individuals interested in learning more about existing Federal cyber incident reporting <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> are encouraged to review the Federal Cyber Incident Reporting <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> Inventory contained in Appendix B of the \n DHS Report, supra \n note 4.\n \n \n \n • \n Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> (CFATS). \n CISA's CFATS program worked for the prior 16 years to identify and regulate high-risk chemical facilities to ensure <span class=\"match\">security</span> measures are"},{"title":"Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration","type":"Rule","abstract":"On March 12, 2025, DHS issued an interim final rule (IFR) with request for comments amending DHS regulations to designate a new registration form for aliens to comply with statutory alien registration and fingerprinting provisions. Unregistered aliens may use this general registration form to satisfy their statutory obligations. This final rule responds to public comments, amends DHS regulations to adjust the lists of forms and processes that may serve as registration forms and evidence of alien registration, and seeks comments on other potential changes to the regulations relating to alien registration and fingerprinting.","document_number":"2026-13057","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/29/2026-13057/alien-registration-form-and-evidence-of-registration","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-29/pdf/2026-13057.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13057.pdf?1782418509","publication_date":"2026-06-29","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":"Implementation Timeline \n 3. Other Issues Related to the Rule \n H. Statutory and Regulatory <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n 1. Administrative Procedure Act \n 2. Regulatory Impact Analysis, Costs, and <span class=\"match\">Benefits</span> (E.O. 12866 and E.O. 13563) \n 3. Other Statutory and Regulatory <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> \n I. Out of Scope \n 1. Registration <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> Under Pre-Existing Statute and Regulation \n 2. Enforcement of Criminal Provisions \n 3. Other Out of Scope (Not Related to Registration <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span>) \n IV. Additional Changes in the Final Rule \n A. Changes to the Prescribed Registration Forms"},{"title":"Restoring Integrity to the Issuance of Non-Domiciled Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL)","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the Federal regulations for State Driver's Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) issuing commercial driving credentials to non-domiciled individuals. This final rule reaffirms, with minor changes, the provisions of the interim final rule (IFR) published on September 29, 2025. Specifically, this final rule limits eligibility for non-domiciled Commercial Learner's Permits (CLPs) and Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs) for foreign-domiciled individuals to those who hold specific, verifiable employment-based nonimmigrant status. This rule reaffirms the IFR requirements, aligning the issuance of non- domiciled CDLs with FMCSA's statutory mandate to ensure the fitness of all drivers who operate a CMV. By limiting eligibility to statuses subject to enhanced consular vetting of driver history and interagency screening, FMCSA restores the integrity of the CDL system, closes a significant safety gap, and enhances the safety of the traveling public.","document_number":"2026-02965","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02965/restoring-integrity-to-the-issuance-of-non-domiciled-commercial-drivers-licenses-cdl","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-13/pdf/2026-02965.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02965.pdf?1770844509","publication_date":"2026-02-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"amend this <span class=\"match\">requirement</span>. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) stated that the <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> for the expiration data to match the expiration date of Form 1-94/1-94A or one year, whichever is sooner, conflicts with REAL ID <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, such as that requiring States to use SAVE verification to determine the appropriate expiration date for credentials issued to those with temporary lawful status. AAMVA requested clarification on how States should reconcile differences between the FMCSA <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> and REAL ID <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> and also"},{"title":"Federal Travel Regulation; Reorganizing and Streamlining the Federal Travel Regulation To Improve Operational Efficiency","type":"Rule","abstract":"To implement the President's Deregulatory Initiatives, and to better reflect modern travel operations while still accounting for statutory requirements, GSA is issuing this final rule amending the entire Federal Travel Regulation (FTR). These updates streamline text and remove duplicative regulations to drive more efficient and effective Federal travel and relocation, while saving money for American taxpayers.","document_number":"2025-22289","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/08/2025-22289/federal-travel-regulation-reorganizing-and-streamlining-the-federal-travel-regulation-to-improve","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-08/pdf/2025-22289.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22289.pdf?1764942323","publication_date":"2025-12-08","agencies":[{"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"}],"excerpts":"BILLED TRAVEL CHARGE <span class=\"match\">CARD</span> \n \n \n Subpart A—General Rule \n \n 301-76.1 \n \n \n Subpart B—Policies and Procedures \n \n 301-76.100 \n \n 301-76.101 \n \n 301-76.102 \n \n 301-76.103 \n \n \n PART 301-80—AGENCY REPORTING <span class=\"match\">REQUIREMENTS</span> \n \n 301-80.1 \n \n 301-80.2 \n \n \n CHAPTER 302—RELOCATION ALLOWANCES \n \n \n SUBCHAPTER A—INTRODUCTION \n \n \n PART 302-1—GENERAL RULES \n \n \n Subpart A—Applicability \n \n 302-1.1 \n \n 302-1.2 \n \n \n Subpart B—<span class=\"match\">Requirement</span> To Report Agency Data for Employee Relocation \n \n 302-1.100 \n \n \n PART 302-2—EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY <span class=\"match\">REQUIREMENTS</span> \n \n \n Subpart A—General"},{"title":"Security-Based Swap Execution and Registration and Regulation of Security-Based Swap Execution Facilities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"SEC\" or \"Commission\") is adopting a set of rules and forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"SEA\") that would create a regime for the registration and regulation of security-based swap execution facilities (\"SBSEFs\") and address other issues relating to security- based swap (\"SBS\") execution generally. One of the rules being adopted implements an element of the Dodd-Frank Act that is intended to mitigate conflicts of interest at SBSEFs and national securities exchanges that trade SBS (\"SBS exchanges\"). Other rules being adopted address the cross-border application of the SEA's trading venue registration requirements and the trade execution requirement for SBS. In addition, the Commission is amending an existing rule to exempt, from the SEA definition of \"exchange,\" certain registered clearing agencies, as well as registered SBSEFs that provide a market place only for SBS. The Commission is also adopting a new rule that, while affirming that an SBSEF would be a broker under the SEA, exempts a registered SBSEF from certain broker requirements. Further, the Commission is adopting certain new rules and amendments to its Rules of Practice to allow persons who are aggrieved by certain actions by an SBSEF to apply for review by the Commission. Finally, the Commission is delegating new authority to the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets and to the General Counsel to take actions necessary to carry out the rules being adopted.","document_number":"2023-24587","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/15/2023-24587/security-based-swap-execution-and-registration-and-regulation-of-security-based-swap-execution","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-15/pdf/2023-24587.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24587.pdf?1702561517","publication_date":"2023-12-15","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":"Capital, Margin, and Segregation <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> for <span class=\"match\">Security</span>-Based Swap Dealers and Major <span class=\"match\">Security</span>-Based Swap Participants and Capital and Segregation <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> for Broker-Dealers, SEA Release No. 86175 (June 21, 2019), 84 FR 43872 (Aug. 22, 2019) (“Capital, Margin, and Segregation Release”).\n \n \n \n \n 101 \n  \n See \n Business Conduct <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> for <span class=\"match\">Security</span>-Based Swap Dealers and Major <span class=\"match\">Security</span>-Based Swap Participants, SEA Release No. 77617 (Apr. 14, 2016), 81 FR 29959 (May 13, 2016) (“Business Conduct <span class=\"match\">Standards</span> Release”).\n \n \n \n \n 102 \n  \n See "},{"title":"Registration for Index-Linked Annuities and Registered Market Value Adjustment Annuities; Amendments To Form N-4 for Index-Linked Annuities, Registered Market Value Adjustment Annuities, and Variable Annuities; Other Technical Amendments","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is adopting rule and form amendments to provide a tailored form to register the offerings of registered index-linked annuities (\"RILAs\"). Specifically, the Commission is amending the form currently used by most variable annuity separate accounts, Form N-4, to require issuers of RILAs to register offerings on that form as well. To facilitate this amendment, the Commission is also amending certain filing rules and making other related amendments. These changes will implement the requirements relating to RILAs contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The Commission is also extending the registration, filing, and disclosure requirements that the Commission is adopting for RILA offerings to the offerings of registered market value adjustment annuities. Further, the Commission is adopting other amendments to Form N-4 that will apply to all issuers that use that form. The Commission is applying to RILA and registered market value adjustment annuity advertisements and sales literature a current Commission rule that provides guidance as to when sales literature is materially misleading under the Federal securities laws. Finally, the Commission is adopting technical amendments to Forms N-6 and N-3 to correct errors from prior Commission rulemakings.","document_number":"2024-14925","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/24/2024-14925/registration-for-index-linked-annuities-and-registered-market-value-adjustment-annuities-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-24/pdf/2024-14925.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-14925.pdf?1721738713","publication_date":"2024-07-24","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":"affect the availability of the <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> by reducing the <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> by an amount greater than the value withdrawn and/or could terminate the <span class=\"match\">benefit</span>. As proposed, we are broadening this item to include disclosure on restrictions or limitations relating to any <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> under the contract, not just optional <span class=\"match\">benefits</span> (as currently required). While a <span class=\"match\">benefit</span> under the contract might be characterized as <span class=\"match\">standard</span> (\n i.e., \n not “optional”), it could have restrictions that should be disclosed in the KIT because of the <span class=\"match\">benefit's</span> importance to the investor's rights"},{"title":"Hazard Communication Standard","type":"Rule","abstract":"OSHA is amending the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to conform to the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), primarily Revision 7 (Rev. 7), address issues that arose during the implementation of the 2012 update to the HCS, and provide better alignment with other U.S. agencies and international trading partners, while enhancing the effectiveness of the standard. Consistent with Executive Order 13563 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, which call for assessment and, where appropriate, modification and improvement of existing rules, OSHA has reviewed the existing HCS. The agency has determined that the revisions in this final rule will enhance the effectiveness of the HCS by ensuring employees are appropriately apprised of the chemical hazards to which they may be exposed, thus reducing the incidence of chemical-related occupational illnesses and injuries. The modifications to the standard include revised criteria for classification of certain health and physical hazards, revised provisions for updating labels, new labeling provisions for small containers, new provisions related to trade secrets, technical amendments related to the contents of safety data sheets (SDSs), and related revisions to definitions of terms used in the standard.","document_number":"2024-08568","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/20/2024-08568/hazard-communication-standard","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-20/pdf/2024-08568.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08568.pdf?1715949915","publication_date":"2024-05-20","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":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"}],"excerpts":"usual rationale for a specification <span class=\"match\">standard</span> is that compliance would be difficult to verify under a performance <span class=\"match\">standard</span>; hence, a specification <span class=\"match\">standard</span> would better protect employees against the risk in question. A specification <span class=\"match\">standard</span> would generally not provide the efficiencies or economies (such as easier, less expensive training on uniform pictograms and a uniform SDS format made possible by the GHS) to the regulated community that a uniformity <span class=\"match\">standard</span> would. On the contrary, a specification <span class=\"match\">standard</span> could impose additional costs on some"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2026 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This major final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of establishment of new policies for: the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; the Ambulatory Specialty Model; updates to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded model; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers; update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; updates to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.","document_number":"2025-19787","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/05/2025-19787/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2026-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-05/pdf/2025-19787.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19787.pdf?1761945018","publication_date":"2025-11-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"establish a range of appropriate <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes for the clinical labor activity, “Technologist QCs images in PACS, checking for all images, reformats, and dose page.” These <span class=\"match\">standard</span> minutes will be applied to new and revised codes that make use of this clinical labor activity when they are reviewed by us for valuation. We finalized a policy to establish 2 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the simple case, 3 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the intermediate case, 4 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the complex case, and 5 minutes as the <span class=\"match\">standard</span> for the highly complex case"}]}