Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Cutting Administrative Requirements for Excellence in Patient Care (CARE) (CMS-3484-P)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Newsroom

Nov 5, 2026

Describes a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offering regulatory revisions to Conditions of Participation, Conditions for Coverage, and Requirements for Participation for Medicare- and Medicaid-participating providers and suppliers. Impacted facilities include Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Emergency Hospitals, among others. Also requests comments regarding other policies such as long-term care facility discharge; data reporting requirements; physician supervision of certified registered nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners; transplant program certification; and other policies addressing Medicaid institutional workforce.

Critical Access Hospitals · Health workforce · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Legislation and regulations · Medicaid · Medicare · Rural Emergency Hospitals · Scope of practice