Regulations.gov

Absolutely.

I think that, you know, and for people that don't know where to comment, it's regulations.gov. And the docket number is, I'm going to have to read this because I don't want to mess it up one second.

It is CMS.gov. CMS-2026-2377.

So you can actually just search for it in the regulations.gov thing and it should come up.

So look in the search bar on that page, but that's where you go to comment.

I think it's super important to sort of make the points that we've reiterated here in different forms, but just to kind of go through them one by one, right? The first thing is, is that practices won't be able to afford offering the same day services to patients.

Whatever.

[laughs] I'll put the link for public comments if any of our listeners want to comment to Medicare for whatever that will do to you.

Well, you know, if Medicare really cares about our opinions now.

But John, do you wanna tell our audience about your article?

So thank you everyone for listening to the Addiction Medicine Journal Club.

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Uh, the links are in the show notes.

That would be September 24th, 2026.

Comments are submitted online through regulations.gov. And so in one day, there have already been over 2,300 comments submitted.

I don't think I've ever seen that in a regulatory process before.

One of the recent regulatory changes that had a final rule published in the 60-day comment period only had about 470 total comments.

But if you want to change where you're located or how you use these areas or what they mean to you, you have the ability to make that messaging unique for yourself and for the message that you're submitting.

Those will be submitted to regulations.gov, which is where all of these comments are collected.

And they are actually viewable to the public.

So you'll be able to see the comments that are coming through.

You can see the map of those designations and that can help you determine how you talk about these to submit the comment.

And then we also offer an option where you can submit a similar message to your representatives as well.

So you can say, I've already submitted this to the regulations.gov portal, but also I'm messaging you as a constituent to say, this is not okay and here's why.

And so it's a twofold approach that you can engage with in both ways.

Here's what's next.

Comments close 30 days after August 20th publication at regulations.gov.

So watch for the weather department holds the November 1st master calendar deadline for a final rule, which actually would set a July 1st of a 2027 effective date and whether accreditors challenge the trade association separation and viewpoint neutrality provisions in court.

Also, watch out for which new agencies file for recognition once the two-year rule disappears, which is where the practical effect shows up first.

"Hey, G and DG, HHS is proposing many changes to Head Start.

There's an open comment period on regulations.gov until October 6th." We're gonna have a link in the show notes for you.

Dana says, "As a special education teacher," oh, thank you for your service, "three things jumped out at me.

One, elimination of current teacher-student ratios.

If you want your voice to be heard, now is the time.

If you've ever thought about how OSHA writes the rules, head on over to regulations.gov, go down, find the docket for the 13 proposed rules update, and hit your comments, send in your takes.

So that's workers, that's safety pros.

Hey, if you work around asbestos or lead or some of the other ones that cause different types of cancers and there are chemicals I can't pronounce, This is a good topic to have at a safety meeting.

Public participation is open through August twenty-seventh.

Written statements can be submitted via regulations.gov, mailed to the CFTC secretary, or hand-delivered to the Washington headquarters.

So stakeholders have a window to shape the conversation before the committee's recommendations crystallize.

And the meeting itself may finish early if business wraps ahead of schedule, but the agenda is packed.