Regulatory Information Center Updates: August 04, 2026


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Federal Register/Notice Document #
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 2026-15282
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 2026-15550
Healthcare Advisory Committee (HAC); Announcement of the HAC Meetings for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 2026-15786
Federal Register/Rule Document #
Medicare Program; Updates to the Master List of Items Potentially Subject to Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery and/or Prior Authorization Requirements; Updates to the Required Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery List; and Updates to the Required Prior Authorization List 2026-15446
Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 2026-15562
Medicare Program; FY 2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update 2026-15588
Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program 2026-15652
Medicare Program; FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements 2026-15686
Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; Other Policy Changes; and Adoption of Updated Versions of Certain Health Information Technology Standards 2026-15833
OIG HHS/Reports Document #
Connecticut Generally Claimed Medicaid Reimbursement for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Services in Accordance With Federal and State Requirements OAS-25-01-004
National Overview of State-Level Challenges and Efforts To Minimize or Eliminate Temporary Emergency Placements in Foster Care A-07-24-06114
Hospice of the Valley - West Received at Least $8.6 Million in Medicare Overpayments A-09-23-03004
CMS Center/Transmittals Document #
Send 'Reason for Denial' Value in Prior Authorization Data to the Integrated Data Repository (IDR) R13888OTN
Revisions to Chapter 12 (The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Program) and Exhibit 46 in the Exhibits Chapter of Publication (Pub.) 100-08 (Medicare Program Integrity Manual) R13890PI
Update to the Internet Only Manual (IOM) Publication (Pub.) 100-06 Chapter 8, Contractor Procedures for Provider Audits R13891FM
Provides for calendar year (CY) inflation factors to update previous years’ reasonable compensation ranges. The factor is from the cost category Professional Fees: Labor Related in the CMS Prospective Payment System Hospital Input Price Index. The data in the Input Price Index is taken from actual data for the most recent year from the Employment Cost Index (ECI) for Professional and Related Services published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. R504PR1
Adjusted Hourly Salary Equivalency Amount Monthly Inflation Factors For Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and CAHs With Swing Beds, provides inflation factors to be applied to the published April 10, 1998, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, occupational and speech-language pathology, guideline amounts at the start of a provider’s cost reporting period and remain in effect for the entire cost reporting period. R505PR1
Update to Pub. 100-02 Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 110.8 Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Benefit Category Determinations R13889BP