Rural Health
News by Topic: Policy
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 - Pre-publication notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing a 6-year model, the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model. This model will test the implementation of technology-enabled prior authorization processes for select services, with the aim of reducing fraud, waste (including low-value care), and abuse in Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) in six states: Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. This notice is effective January 1, 2026.
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
Jun 27, 2025 - The Consensus-Based Entity (CBE) Report on 2024 Activities
to Congress and the Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services, and the Secretary's comments on the
report, are published by the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) in the Federal Register in accordance with
the Social Security Act. The report includes a summary of
the CBE's consideration of challenges related to quality
measure reporting for rural providers and rural facilities,
and shares recommendations to improve rural health.
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
Jun 26, 2025 - Notice from the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) seeking comments on an information
collection regarding a form related to the COVID-19
Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and American Rescue Plan (ARP)
rural payment reporting activities. The information
collection is used to assess if statutory and programmatic
requirements are met; conduct audits; report on findings
with respect to the disbursements of PRF and ARP Rural
payments; and for the program evaluation. Comments are due
by August 25, 2025.
Source: Federal Register