Regulatory Information Center Updates: August 19, 2025


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CMS Center/Transmittals

Document #

Removal of Gender References from CMS Publication (Pub.) 100-08, Chapter 10

R13355PI

Changes to the Laboratory National Coverage Determination (NCD) Edit Software for October 2025 R13359CP
International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) and Other Coding Revisions to National Coverage Determinations (NCDs)—January 2026 Update—CR 2 of 2 R13360OTN
Suppliers Documentation for Claims for Refills of Essential Accessories for Beneficiary-Owned Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), Respiratory Assist Devices (RADs), and Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) R13356PI
National Fee Schedule for Vaccine Administration Quarterly Update - October 2025 R13365CP
NCD 20.38 - Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation (TTEER) R13366CP
NCD 20.38 - Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation (TTEER) R13366NCD
Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) 3-Day Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Waiver – Implementation R13368DEMO
OIG HHS/Reports Document #

CGS Administrators, LLC, Did Not Claim Some Allowable Medicare Excess Plan Costs Through Its Incurred Cost Proposals

OAS-25-07-052

CGS Administrators, LLC, Did Not Claim Some Allowable Medicare Pension Costs Through Its Incurred Cost Proposals OAS-25-07-051
Comparison of Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: Results for the First Quarter of 2025 OEI-03-25-00040
CGS Administrators, LLC, Claimed Some Unallowable Medicare Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan III Costs Through Its Incurred Cost Proposals OAS-25-07-049
Alabama Did Not Always Verify Selected Nursing Homes’ Compliance With Background Check Requirements A-04-24-08104
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Overstated Its Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan III Medicare Allowable Segment Pension Assets as of January 1, 2022 A-07-24-00647
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Overstated Its Excess Plan Partial Medicare Segment Pension Assets as of January 1, 2022 OAS-25-07-026
Palmetto Government Benefits Administrator, LLC, Claimed Some Unallowable Medicare Postretirement Benefit Costs Through Its Incurred Cost Proposal A-07-24-00640
Palmetto Government Benefits Administrator, LLC, Did Not Claim Some Allowable Medicare Pension Costs Through Its Incurred Cost Proposals OAS-25-07-020
Palmetto Government Benefits Administrator, LLC, Overstated Its Medicare Segment Pension Assets as of January 1, 2022 A-07-23-00638
Federal Register Proposed Rule Document #
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; Correction 2025-15492
Federal Register/Notice Document #
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 2025-15386
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request 2025-15616