🏥Regulatory Update
This notice extends the comment period for a 60-day notice request for proposed information collection request associated with the notice [Document Identifier: CMS-855S] entitled "Medicare Enrollment Application: Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Suppliers." and published in the August 18, 2025 (90 FR 40073) Federal Register. The comment period for the information collection request, which would have ended on June 20, 2025, is extended to Monday, July 7, 2025.
Learn More🏥URAC's Deeming Authority Renewed for Medicare Advantage Programs
This final notice announces the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services decision to renew the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission's application for Medicare Advantage "deeming authority" of Health Maintenance Organizations and Preferred Provider Organizations for a term of 6 years.
Learn More🎓Grant Opportunity for Maternal Health Research Collaboration
HRSA administers the Maternal Health Research Collaborative for Minority-Serving Institutions (MH-RC-MSI) Coordinating Center (CC) grant using funding made available by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund. This Fund supports this multi-agency data linkage project to build further data capacity. The recipient of the MH-RC-MSI CC, Morgan State University, does not need to submit special documentation to establish eligibility. If this exception is not granted, Morgan State University will not have the funds to test the data linkage.
Learn More📋CMS Seeks Comments on Medicare Health Outcomes Survey Collection
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Learn More💰Medicare Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update Correction
This document corrects typographical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 5, 2025 Federal Register titled "Medicare Program; FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements" (hereinafter referred to as the "FY 2026 Hospice final rule"). The effective date of the FY 2026 Hospice final rule is October 1, 2025.
Learn More⚗️NIST to Establish Isotope Metallomics Quality Assurance Consortium
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, in support of efforts to develop and evaluate measurement methods and reference standards, including reference materials, to support measurement quality and comparability for the isotope metallomics measurement community, is establishing the Isotope Metallomics Quality Assurance Program (IMQAP) Consortium ("Consortium"). The Consortium will bring together stakeholders to identify and address measurement and standards needs related to isotopic measurements of clinical/biological materials and products. The Consortium efforts are intended to advance measurement capabilities, provide measurement quality assurance strategies, support the development of clinical/biological matrix reference materials, and collect data to support the development of best practices and standard methods. Participants will be required to sign a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). At NIST's discretion, entities that are legally prohibited or not legally authorized to enter into a CRADA may be allowed to participate in the Consortium under an agreement other than a CRADA with terms that may differ, as necessary, from the CRADA terms.
Learn More🧪CDC Proposes Data Collection for Opioid Material Distribution
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Distribution of Traceable Opioid Material[supreg] Kits (TOM[supreg] Kits) across U.S. and International Laboratories. The purpose of this information collection request (ICR) is for the CDC to assure that the Traceable Opioid Material[supreg] Kits (TOM[supreg] Kits) are equitably distributed to domestic and international partner laboratories, and to allow CDC to understand the types of laboratories requesting these materials and the analyses that are being conducted.
Learn More📄CMS Notice on Information Collection for Non-Exchange Entities
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Learn More👩⚕️HRSA's Teaching Health Center Program
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
Learn More📋Medicare Information Collection Activities and Compliance Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
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