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DTSTAMP:20261027T054140Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001
SUMMARY:Takes effect: Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Pay
 ment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospi
 tal Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 20
 27 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; Other Policy Changes; and Ad
 option of Updated Versions of Certain Health Information Technology Stand
 ards
DESCRIPTION:This final rule will revise the Medicare hospital inpatient pr
 ospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs 
 of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medic
 al education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies an
 d the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (P
 PS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals 
 (LTCHs); update and make changes to requirements for certain quality prog
 rams; and make other policy- related changes. ONC also adopts certain hea
 lth information technology (health IT) standards and specifications on be
 half of HHS.\nRecord: https://civibrief.com/actions/frl-2026-15833
URL:https://civibrief.com/actions/frl-2026-15833
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UID:act-frl-2026-16508:effective@civibrief.com
DTSTAMP:20261027T054140Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261013
SUMMARY:Takes effect: Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Federal Medicaid an
 d Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedure
 s Furnished to Children
DESCRIPTION:This final rule requires that a State Medicaid plan must provi
 de that the Medicaid agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-
 rejecting procedures for children under 18\, and prohibits the use of Fed
 eral Medicaid dollars to fund sex-rejecting procedures for individuals un
 der the age of 18. In addition\, this final rule requires that a separate
  State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plan must provide that 
 the CHIP agency will not make payment under the plan for sex-rejecting pr
 ocedures for children under 19\, and prohibits the use of Federal CHIP do
 llars to fund sex-rejecting procedures for individuals under the age of 1
 9. For Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries who are actively receiving cross-s
 ex hormone therapy\, State Medicaid and CHIP agencies may continue to cla
 im Federal Financial Participation for those hormone therapy medications 
 for a period of up to 6 months from the effective date of this final rule
 .\nRecord: https://civibrief.com/actions/frl-2026-16508
URL:https://civibrief.com/actions/frl-2026-16508
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UID:act-frl-2026-20613:comments-close@civibrief.com
DTSTAMP:20261027T054140Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261207
SUMMARY:Comments close: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988
  (CLIA); Virtual Access\, Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing (PT)\,
  Personnel Qualifications\, and Other Changes
DESCRIPTION:This proposed rule would amend the Clinical Laboratory Improve
 ment Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations to allow for virtual access un
 der the CLIA certificate of the primary testing laboratory that generated
  the data\, with the exception of the subspecialty of cytology\, and the 
 use of digital images for gynecologic cytology proficiency testing. This 
 proposed rule also includes proposed changes to personnel qualification r
 equirements and other proposed changes pertaining to SARS-CoV-2 reporting
  requirements\, certificate requirements\, test reporting requirements\, 
 enforcement requirements\, public consultation requirements\, and editori
 al and technical updates. These proposed updates aim to strengthen the Fe
 deral oversight of clinical laboratories and ensure accurate and reliable
  patient test results while adapting to modern technological capabilities
  and industry needs\, including workforce shortages.\nComment: http://www
 .regulations.gov/commenton/CMS-2026-3235-0001\nRecord: https://civibrief.
 com/actions/frl-2026-20613
URL:https://civibrief.com/actions/frl-2026-20613
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