The Daily Roundup – Friday, May 22, 2026

Medicaid Program; Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments

Proposed Rule  ● Economically Significant

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes; Correction

Proposed Rule  ● Economically Significant

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Rescinding Portions of Department of the Interior Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281

Rule

Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary

Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems; Delay of Effective Date

Final Rule

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service0581-AE54 · Received May 21, 2026

Independent Dispute Resolution Operations (CMS-9897)

Final Rule  ● Economically Significant  ● Consistent with Change

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services0938-AV15 · Completed May 21, 2026

Statistical Approaches to Establishing Bioequivalence; Guidance for Industry; Availability

Notice  ● Consistent with Change

Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration0910-ZC91 · Completed May 21, 2026

Bioequivalence Studies With Pharmacokinetic Endpoints for Drugs Submitted Under an Abbreviated New Drug Application; Guidance for Industry; Availability

Notice  ● Consistent with Change

Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration0910-ZC92 · Completed May 21, 2026

New Car Assessment Program, Rear Automatic Braking

Proposed Rule  ● Consistent with Change

Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration2127-ZA28 · Completed May 21, 2026

Ozone Reclassification State Implementation Plan Rule

Proposed Rule  ● Consistent with Change

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation2060-AW81 · Completed May 21, 2026

Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel Feedstocks

Final Rule Stage

Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary0503-AA82

May 26, 2026 — FFG Group (Thereza Cevidanes) – Client: NATSO, SIGMA

Special Areas: Roadless Area Conservation Repeal

Proposed Rule Stage

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service0596-AD66

May 28, 2026 — Yaak Valley Forest Council (Chris Bachman)

CY 2027 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B (CMS-1848)

Proposed Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services0938-AV82

May 28, 2026 — Pittman Policy Strategies (David Pittman) – Client: The Coalition for Accountable Care Access
May 28, 2026 — Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (Erin Hertzog) – Client: Boehringer Ingelheim

HIPAA Privacy Rule: Changes to Support Coordinated Care and Individual Engagement and Reduce Regulatory Burdens

Final Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights0945-AA00

May 28, 2026 — Citizen Health, Inc. (Deven McGraw)

Unaccompanied Alien Children Program Foundational Rule; Updates to Accord with the Hyde Amendment

Proposed Rule Stage

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families0970-AD34

May 27, 2026 — Logan Braun
May 27, 2026 — Shannon Hardaway

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Critical Habitat Designation for Canada Lynx

Final Rule Stage

Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service1018-BH59

May 27, 2026 — Center for Biological Diversity (Stephanie Kurose)

Respirable Crystalline Silica

Proposed Rule Stage

Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration1219-AC22

May 27, 2026 — United Mine Workers of America (Josh Roberts)

Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media

Final Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement1653-AA95

May 27, 2026 — Crossroads Strategies (Cheryl Jaeger) – Client: Intealth

Carbon Pollution Standards Repeal

Final Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation2060-AW55

May 27, 2026 — Clean Air Task Force (Frank Sturges)
May 28, 2026 — NRDC (Meredith Hankins)
May 28, 2026 — McGuireWoods LLP (Allison Wood) – Client: Power Generators Air Coalition

Ensuring Passenger Safety by Preempting Duty and Rest Requirements NPRM

Proposed Rule Stage

Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration2120-AM27

May 22, 2026 — Airlines for America (Graham Keithley)

HJRES 189 (Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1])

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations".

Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.