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      <title>DEA:  Registering Emergency Medical Services Agencies Under the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017</title>
      <link>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/01/C1-2026-02288/registering-emergency-medical-services-agencies-under-the-protecting-patient-access-to-emergency</link>
      <description>Notice from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) making technical corrections to the &lt;a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/05/2026-02288/registering-emergency-medical-services-agencies-under-the-protecting-patient-access-to-emergency"&gt;February 5, 2026, final rule&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>How Notorious Billionaire Leona Helmsley's Foundation Is Saving Lives in Rural America</title>
      <link>https://www.newsday.com/business/leona-helmsley-rural-health-care-t88241</link>
      <description>Highlights the work of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, a foundation with an interest in funding rural health projects. Describes how the Helmsley came to fund rural projects and some of the successful projects funded related to emergency care, cancer treatments, and residency programs, among other things.</description>
      <guid>https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/news/38366</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>CMS: 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</title>
      <link>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/12/2026-04797/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2026-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other</link>
      <description>Notice from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) making technical corrections to the &lt;a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/05/2025-19787/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2026-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other"&gt; November 5, 2025, final rule&lt;/a&gt;. This correction is effective March 12, 2026.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request</title>
      <link>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02871/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request</link>
      <description>The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on the following information collections: 1) Emergency and Foreign Hospital Services and Supporting Regulation in 42 CFR 424.103; 2) Consumer Experience Survey Data Collection; 3) Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary; and 4) Transformed—Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS). Comments are due by April 14, 2026.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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