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Final ruleTook effect July 1, 2026

Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register June 1, 2026. Document 2026-10890. Updated Nov. 10, 2026.

What it does

This final rule will update and revise the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model for Performance Year (PY) 2. This final rule also includes a technical correction to the regulatory text.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

42 CFR 512

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published 24 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 12 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0938-AV65 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

These regulations are effective on July 1, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-10890
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesHealth and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
PublishedJune 1, 2026
Effective dateJuly 1, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)0938-AV65
DocketCMS-5544-F
Significant (marked in the Federal Register)Yes

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register