Federal items in the IHS change log, by the numbers: October 10, 2026 to October 15, 2026
IHS's change log recorded 8 federal items in 6 days: 7 from CMS, 1 from HRSA. Each links to its source page, opened October 16, 2026.
From October 10, 2026 to October 15, 2026, the IHS change log recorded 8 federal items that map to an IHS service line: 7 from CMS, 1 from HRSA. Every item below links to its source page, either an agency page or the Federal Register issue on govinfo.gov, and we opened each of those pages on October 16, 2026.
How the count was made
The change log is IHS's record of federal rules, notices, transmittals, survey memos, press releases and agency newsletter items, read from the agencies' sites and the Federal Register issues on govinfo.gov. Its automated daily run began on October 3, 2026. The log keeps only items that map to an IHS service line, so it holds a subset of what the agencies published. An item is counted once, on the date shown on the agency's page or Federal Register issue. A single newsletter issue can carry several items, so the 8 items come from 5 distinct pages. Topic tags are IHS's, and one item can carry more than one tag, so the topic counts add up to more than 8.
By agency
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): 7 items
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): 1 item
By kind of document
- MLN Connects newsletter item: 4
- CMS transmittal: 1
- Federal Register document: 1
- Policy memo to states and CMS locations: 1
- Press release: 1
By topic (IHS tags)
- Rural health and health centers: 3
- Laboratories: 2
- Home health and home care: 1
- Hospice and palliative care: 1
- Hospitals: 1
- Inpatient and medical rehabilitation: 1
- Telehealth and digital health: 1
Every item counted
- October 15, 2026, CMS: Long-Term Hospice Stay: New Edit to Prevent Overpayment – Revised. https://www.cms.gov/training-education/medicare-learning-network/newsletter/mln-connects-newsletter-october-15-2026 (page opened October 16, 2026)
- October 15, 2026, CMS: Iowa: $209M to Expand Advanced Medical Care, Maternal Telehealth & Cancer Prevention. https://www.cms.gov/training-education/medicare-learning-network/newsletter/mln-connects-newsletter-october-15-2026 (page opened October 16, 2026)
- October 15, 2026, CMS: Internet Only Manual Updates to Publication (Pub.) 100-02 for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Services (Transmittal R14001BP). https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/transmittals/2026-transmittals/r14001bp (page opened October 16, 2026)
- October 15, 2026, CMS: HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health Consolidated Billing Enforcement: January 2027 Annual Update. https://www.cms.gov/training-education/medicare-learning-network/newsletter/mln-connects-newsletter-october-15-2026 (page opened October 16, 2026)
- October 15, 2026, CMS: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments: Provide Input on Proposed Changes by December 7. https://www.cms.gov/training-education/medicare-learning-network/newsletter/mln-connects-newsletter-october-15-2026 (page opened October 16, 2026)
- October 14, 2026, CMS: REVISED Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Post-Public Health Emergency (PHE) Guidance (QSO-23-15-CLIA REVISED). https://www.cms.gov/medicare/provider-enrollment-and-certification/surveycertificationgeninfo/policy-and-memos-states/clinical-laboratory-improvement-amendments-1988-clia-post-public-health-emergency-phe-guidance (page opened October 16, 2026)
- October 14, 2026, HRSA: Health Center Program Performance Period Extensions; Correction (Notice; correction; FR Doc. 2026-20960). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-10-14/html/2026-20960.htm (page opened October 16, 2026)
- October 13, 2026, CMS: Trump Administration Announces More Than $177 Million to Recruit Rural Healthcare Workers, Expand Mobile Care, and Modernize Services Across Nebraska. https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/trump-administration-announces-more-177-million-recruit-rural-healthcare-workers-expand-mobile-care (page opened October 16, 2026)
What this is not
This is a count of the items in the IHS change log, not of everything the agencies published, and not a judgment of what any item requires of a given organization. Read the agency's page for the text that applies. For the running list, see the IHS standards-change page at https://www.integralhs.com/insights/changes.