WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Aug. 20, 2024, from the American Nurses Association, Silver Spring, Maryland: * * * To: The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 Submitted electronically to www.regulations.gov Re: Medicare Program  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Aug. 21, 2024, from Avera Health, Sioux Falls, South Dakota: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1803-P P.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 Re: CMS-2024-0190-0002 * * * The Honorable Secretary Xavier Beccera: Avera Health is pleased to submit these  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Aug. 14, 2024, from Enovis Corp. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 RE: Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; CY 2025 Proposed Rule (CMS  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Aug. 19, 2024, from Elisabeth Richard, treasurer of the Photodermatology Society, Irving, Texas: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 I am writing to express my deep concerns regarding the proposed changes to the 2025   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the following public communication dated Aug. 19, 2024, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Docket Services U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-00013 RE: Federal Register notice of July 10, 2024, for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) Form 41, Report of Financial and Operating Statistic  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Aug. 22, 2024, from the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Gainesville: * * * To: Charles Smith Director, Registration Division Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20460 Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0154 RE: Pesticide Product Registration: Application for New Use. Dicamba. Proposed Tavium plus VaporGrip Technology Label. * * *  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Aug. 14, 2024, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service: * * * To: Ms. Ashley Keas Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, Air & Radiation Division 11201 Renner Blvd. Lenexa, Kansas 66219 RE: Docket ID No. EPA-R07-OAR-2024-0286 * * * Dear Ms. Keas: This letter contains comments on your proposal to partially approve and partially disapprove the Region  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Aug. 21, 2024, from Alston and Bird LLP: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Response to Citizen Petition of Randall Steinmeyer, Esq. (FDA-2024-P-3357) * * * Dear Sir/Madame: We submit this second set of comments to the Food and Drug Administration (  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Aug. 20, 2024, from the Biosimilars Council: * * * To: Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Comments from the Biosimilars Council to Docket No. FDA-2017-D-0154; Considerations in Demonstrating Interchangeability With a Reference Product: Update; Draft Guidance for  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Aug. 20, 2024, from Janssen Research and Development LLC, Raritan, New Jersey: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) U.S. Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Docket No. FDA-2017-D-0154 RE: FDA Draft Guidance on "Considerations in Demonstrating Interchangeability with a Reference Produ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Aug. 22, 2024, from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: * * * To: Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket No. FDA-2024-N-2561: FDA Public Workshop on Best Practices for Meeting Management * * * To Whom It May Concern: The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration has released the following public communication dated Aug. 19, 2024, from the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, Front Royal, Virginia: * * * To: Docket Operations Facility U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, W12-140 Washington, D.C. 20590 Re: Docket Number FRA-2010-0039, 2010-0045, 2010-0051, 2010-0056, and 2010-0060 -- Five Host Railroads Submitted a Joint Request for Am  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated Aug. 8, 2024, from Ron Urwongse, co-founder of Defacto Health LLC: * * * Subject: Response to ONC HTI-2 Proposed Rule (Provider directory API - health plan coverage) Dear ONC Rulemaking Team, I am writing to provide feedback on the proposed rule that includes the adoption of "provider directory API - health plan coverage" certification criterion in Sec.170.315(g)(36).  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated July 16, 2024, from the Alliance for Business Partnerships: * * * To: Internal Revenue Service Attn: CC:PA:01:PR (Notice 2024-54) Room 5203 P.O. Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 Submitted electronically via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov (IRS-2024-0027) Re: Request for Comments on Notice 2024-54 * *  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Aug. 19, 2024, from the Alliance for Business Partnerships: * * * To: Internal Revenue Service Attn: CC:PA:01:PR (REG-124593-23) Room 5203 P.O. Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 Submitted electronically via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov (IRS-2024-0028-0002) Re: Comments on REG-124593-23, "Certain Par  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Aug. 19, 2024, from the Energy Infrastructure Council: * * * To: Internal Revenue Service CC:PA:01:PR (REG-124593-23) Room 5203 P.O. Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Re: Comments on the Proposed Regulations for Certain Partnership Related-Party Basis Adjustment Transactions * * * Dear Sir or Madam: The Energy Infrastructure Council  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office has released the following public communication dated Aug. 19, 2024, from the American Intellectual Property Law Association, Arlington, Virginia: * * * To: The Honorable Kathi Vidal Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov (Docket No. PTO  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office has released the following public communication dated Aug. 19, 2024, from Intellectual Property Owners Association: * * * To: Hon. Kathi Vidal Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 600 Dulany Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Submitted via: https://www.regulations.gov Dear Director Vidal: Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) appreciates   more