Rural Health
News by Topic: Legislation and regulations
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Federal Register
Jun 30, 2025 - Notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking comments on the reinstatement with change of an information collection titled "Conditions of Participation for Community Mental Health Centers and Supporting Regulations." Among other things, the Information collected will be used by federal and state agency surveyors for determining whether a CMHC qualifies for approval or re-approval under Medicare. Comments are due by August 29, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Jun 30, 2025 - Notice of proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service (RHS) proposing amendments to its regulation to implement changes related to income calculation and net family assets for properties that receive funding from the Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and the Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Direct Loan and Grant programs. Comments are due by August 29, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Federal Register
Jun 27, 2025 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking
comment on the following information collections: 1)
Medicare Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol; 2) Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Administrative Simplification (Non-Privacy/Security)
Complaint Form; and 3) Drug Price Negotiation for Initial
Price Applicability Year 2028 under Sections 11001 and
11002 of the Inflation Reduction Act Information Collection
Request (ICR). Comments are due by August 26, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Federal Register
Jun 27, 2025 - Notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
seeking comments on the following information collections:
1) Review Choice Demonstration for Inpatient Rehabilitation
Facility (IRF) Services; and 2) Marketplace Quality
Standards. Comments are due by July 28, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
IHS: Notice of Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area Re-Designation for the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation
Federal Register
Jun 27, 2025 - Notice from the Indian Health Service (IHS) announcing the
decision to expand the geographic boundaries of the
Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area (PRCDA) for the
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation
(Chippewa Cree Tribe) to include Cascade County in Montana.
TIncludes a full list of counties in the PRCDA. This expansion is
effective effective 27, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
IHS: Notice of Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area Redesignation for the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
Federal Register
Jun 27, 2025 - Notice from the Indian Health Service (IHS) announcing the
decision to expand the geographic boundaries of the
Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area (PRCDA) for the Iowa
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska (Iowa Tribe) to include
Jackson County in Kansas and Holt County in Missouri. Includes a full list of counties in the PRCDA. This expansion is effective June 27,
2025.
Source: Federal Register
IHS: Notice of Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area Redesignation for the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Federal Register
Jun 27, 2025 - Notice from the Indian Health Service (IHS) announcing the
decision to expand the geographic boundaries of the
Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area (PRCDA) for the Sac
and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska (Sac and
Fox Nation of Missouri) to include Doniphan and Jackson
counties in Kansas and Holt County in Missouri. Includes a full list of counties in the PRCDA. This expansion
is effective June 27, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
IHS: Notice of Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area Redesignation for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho
Federal Register
Jun 26, 2025 - Notice from the Indian Health Service (IHS) announcing the
decision to expand the geographic boundaries of the
Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area (PRCDA) for the
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation
(Shoshone-Bannock Tribes) in Idaho to include the counties
of Ada, Bear Lake, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Canyon,
Cassia, Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding,
Jefferson, Jerome, Madison, Minidoka, Oneida, Payette,
Teton, Twin Falls, and Washington. Includes a full list of counties in the PRCDA. This notice is effective June 26, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Jun 25, 2025 - Announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) of receipt of an application for continued
recognition of the Accreditation Commission for Health Care
as a national accrediting organization for hospices that
wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.
Comments are due by July 25, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
HHS: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Marketplace Integrity and Affordability
Federal Register
Jun 25, 2025 - Notice of final rule related to implementation of Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Insurance
Marketplace. Among other things, this rule revises
standards relating to past-due premium payments;
establishes the evidentiary standard HHS uses to assess an
agent's, broker's, or web-broker's potential noncompliance;
revises standards related to income eligibility
verifications for premium tax credits and cost-sharing
reductions, annual eligibility redetermination, the annual
open enrollment period and special enrollment periods; and
more. These regulations are effective August 25, 2025.
Source: Federal Register