Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, etc.
RulemakingProposed RuleCMS-2026-1255-0001
Comments
223
Awaiting comments
Deadline
2 days
Closes Jun 16, 2026
Net support
+94%
Support minus oppose · campaigns included
+86% excluding campaigns
Document
Details
The document's own metadata, straight from regulations.gov.
- Posted
- Apr 14, 2026
- Comment period
- Apr 14, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026
- Agency
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- FR Doc
- 2026-07205
- CFR
- 42 CFR Parts 403, 422, 431, 438, 440, and 457
Analysis
Overview
What the public is saying — stance, who's commenting, and the issues they raise.
Analyzed 100 of 223 comments
45%· analysis in progress
Stance breakdown
+86%
Net support
Support92Oppose6Other2
Showing organic comments only. With campaigns included, net support is +94%.
Who commented
Breakdown by commenter type, organic comments only.
Advocacy
22
Business
13
Government
3
Individual
61
Other
1
Comments over time
Weekly arrivals, stacked by stance, organic only.
Posted Apr 14, 2026Deadline Jun 16, 2026
Support92Oppose6Other2
Support × commenter type
How each type splits across stance.
Issues raised
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Issues are identified as comment analysis progresses — nothing tagged on this document yet.
Form letters
Campaigns
Organized form-letter drives, separated from organic one-off comments.
55%of comments arrived through a form-letter campaign — 123 of 223 comments. 99 are organic, and 1 are still being processed for campaign detection.
Campaign123Organic99Not yet determined1
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CMS Prior Authorization Rule
Sponsor unknown
12355.2% of total
Support
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