🏥Medicare IPPS FY 2026 Regulations
This final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); updates and makes changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and makes other policy- related changes. We are also finalizing the provisions of the interim final action with comment period regarding the changes to the FY 2025 IPPS rates due to the court decision in Bridgeport Hosp. v. Becerra. Lastly, it finalizes certain updates to the ONC Health Information Technology (IT) Certification Program.
Learn More🔒DoD Regulation Amends Privacy Act Exemptions for Military Records
The Department of Defense (Department or DoD) is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations to exempt portions of DoD-0020, Military Human Resource Records system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. Specifically, the rule exempts portions of the Military Human Resource Records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act because of national security, and to prevent the undermining of evaluation materials used to determine potential for promotion.
Learn More🏢Proposed Rule on Privacy Act Implementation and Business Compliance
The Department of Defense (Department or DoD) is giving concurrent notice of a new Department-wide system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the DoD-0027, "Suspension and Debarment Records" system of records and this proposed rulemaking. In this proposed rulemaking, the Department proposes to exempt portions of this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act because of law enforcement and confidential source considerations.
Learn More🔫DOJ Proposes Regulations on Firearms Rights Restoration
The Department of Justice ("the Department") proposes to implement criteria to guide determinations for granting relief from disabilities imposed by Federal laws with respect to the acquisition, receipt, transfer, shipment, transportation, or possession of firearms. In accordance with certain firearms laws and the Second Amendment of the Constitution, the criteria are designed to ensure the fundamental right of the people to keep and bear arms is not unduly infringed, that those granted relief are not likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety, and that granting such relief would not be contrary to the public interest.
Learn More🛡️Modifications to ICE Intelligence Records System Affecting Businesses
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to modify and reissue a DHS system of records titled, "DHS/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)- 006 ICE Intelligence Records Systems (IIRS)." The IIRS system of records incorporates ICE systems that contain raw intelligence and intelligence products collected to support its law enforcement intelligence, counterterrorism, and homeland security mission. DHS/ICE is modifying this system of records notice (SORN) to: document the decommissioning of two technology systems and reflect the information collected and maintained by DHS/ICE program offices in accordance with their respective missions; update and clarify the categories of individuals; update the categories of records; and update routine uses. Additionally, this notice includes non-substantive changes to simplify the formatting and text of the previously published notice. This modified system will be included in DHS's inventory of record systems.
Learn More🔍New DoD Privacy Act Rule Impacts Business Compliance Requirements
The Department of Defense (Department or DoD) is giving concurrent notice of a new Department-wide system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the DoD-0025, "Counterintelligence Investigations and Collection Activities (CICA)" system of records and this proposed rulemaking. In this proposed rulemaking, the Department proposes to exempt portions of this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act to protect national security and law enforcement interests.
Learn More💰Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Payment Policies for CY 2026
This major proposed rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of 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.
Learn More💰Proposed Updates to ESRD Payment System Impacting Business
This proposed rule would update and revise the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2026. This rule also proposes to update the payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by an ESRD facility to individuals with acute kidney injury. In addition, this rule proposes to update requirements for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program and to terminate and modify requirements for the ESRD Treatment Choices Model.
Learn More🔒NIST's ISPAB Meeting Notice on Information Security and Privacy
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time and Thursday, July 17, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time.
Learn More📞FCC Proposes New Rules for Next Generation 911 Services
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.
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