WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. 100 EAST GRAND, SUITE 100, DES MOINES, IA 50309-1835 | P 515.288.1955 | WWW.IHAONLINE.ORG August 31, 2026 The Honorable Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 Re: CMS-1850-P - Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory more ST

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 2 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig Announces Record Cover Crop Cost-Share Signup, Nearly Tripling Cover Crop Acres in the Greater Des Moines Watershed * Farmers in the Greater Des Moines Watershed enrolled over 300,000 acres of cover crops in state-cost share programs this fall BOONE, Iowa (Sept. 2, 2026) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced the initial results of the Greater Des Moines Watershed Program during the Farm Pr more PR