Regulatory Information Center Updates: June 02, 2026


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Federal Register/Notice Document #
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 2026-10777
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 2026-10934
Federal Register/Rule Document #
Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model 2026-10890
Notice of Vacatur Regarding Certain Provisions of the 2024 Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities Final Rule 2026-11015
OIG HHS/Reports Document #
CMS Potentially Overpaid Medicare Advantage Organizations $462 Million Based on Certain Unsupported Acute Stroke Diagnosis Codes A-02-23-01020
CMS Center/Transmittals Document #
Billing of Distant Site Telehealth Services in Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) R13776OTN
Quarterly Update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database (MPFSDB) - July 2026 Update R13777CP
Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) - Modify the Expert Claims Processing System (ECPS) to Process More Than 10 Medical Policy Reason Codes R13730OTN
File Conversions Related to the Spanish Translation of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Descriptions R13723CP
Claims Adjustment Reason Code (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Code (RARC), Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP), and PC Print Update R13791CP
Combined Common Edits/Enhancements Modules (CCEM) Code Set Update R13790CP
Implement Operating Rules - Phase III Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) 360 Uniform Use of Claim Adjustment Reason Codes (CARC), Remittance Advice Remark Codes (RARC) and Claim Adjustment Group Code (CAGC) Rule - Update from Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) CORE R13789CP
Updates of Chapters 4 and 8 in Publication (Pub.) 100-08, Including Updates to the Existing Payment Suspension Process Guidance R13762PI
New Physician Specialty Code for Physician Nutrition Specialist (F7) R13765FM
The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to establish a new physician code for Physician Nutrition Specialist (F7). R13765CP
Creating Additional Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Error Codes to Better Identify Incoming MSP Claims that Conflict with MSP Records Found on the Common Working File (CWF) R13783MSP
October 2026 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Quarterly Update Reminder R13784CP
Update to the End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (ESRD PPS) R13770CP
This transmittal updates Chapter 49, Skilled Nursing Facility and Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare Complex Cost Report, Form CMS-2540-24, revising the existing instructions, worksheets, and electronic cost report (ECR) specifications R3P249i
This transmittal updates Chapter 47, Home Health Agency Cost Report, Form CMS-1728-20, by clarifying the existing instructions, forms, and electronic cost report (ECR) specifications R7P247i
This transmittal updates Chapter 46, Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Cost Report, Form CMS-222-17, by clarifying the existing instructions, forms, and electronic cost report (ECR) specifications. R7P246i
This transmittal updates Chapter 44, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Cost Report, Form CMS-224-14, by clarifying the existing instructions, forms, and electronic cost report (ECR) specifications. R9P244i
Updates to Publication 100-04, Chapter 4, Section 250.3.3.1 and 250.18 of the Internet Only Manual (IOM) for Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Line Level Rendering Providers R13799CP
Send 'Reason for Denial' Value in Prior Authorization Data to the Integrated Data Repository (IDR) R13798OTN
NCD 20.37 - Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement (TTVR) R13800CP
NCD 20.37 - Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement (TTVR) R13800NCD
NCD 20.38 - Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation (T-TEER) R13801CP
NCD 20.38 - Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation (T-TEER) R13801NCD
NCD 20.40- Renal Denervation (RDN) for Uncontrolled Hypertension R13802CP
NCD 20.40- Renal Denervation (RDN) for Uncontrolled Hypertension R13802NCD
Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) Updates for Shared System Edits for Category II Codes, Care Coordination Services and Revisions to the Internet Only Manual (IOM) Publications (Pub.) 100-04, Chapter 9 R13803CP
Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) for Heart Failure (HF) R13806NCD
Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) for Heart Failure (HF) R13806CP
July 2026 Quarterly Update to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA): Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes, Waived Tests, and Reasonable Charge Payments R13807CP
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV) in the Home for the Treatment of Chronic Respiratory Failure (CRF) Consequent to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) R13808NCD
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV) in the Home for the Treatment of Chronic Respiratory Failure (CRF) Consequent to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) R13808CP
Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 9 Exhibits. R242SOMA