You can access the CMS Coverage Watch (Federal Register) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "buyerQuery": "buyer-ready records with source evidence",
10    "taskIntent": "buyer-ready-product-run",
11    "sourceMode": "startUrls",
12    "outputMode": "buyer-ready-records",
13    "startUrls": [],
14    "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
15    "maxRequestRetries": 2,
16    "sinceLastRun": False,
17    "deltaMode": True,
18}
19
20# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
21run = client.actor("zentrafoundry/cms-coverage-decision-change-watcher").call(run_input=run_input)
22
23# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
24print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
25for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
26    print(item)
27
28# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

CMS Federal Register coverage watch — not NCD DB API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use CMS Coverage Watch (Federal Register) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

CMS Coverage Watch (Federal Register) API in JavaScript

CMS Coverage Watch (Federal Register) API through CLI

CMS Coverage Watch (Federal Register) OpenAPI definition

CMS Coverage Watch (Federal Register) API

Federal Register Scraper

quarterly_jingo/federal-register-scraper

Petey Boy

Federal Register Deadline Monitor

challenge_logic/federal-register-deadline-monitor

Find open Federal Register comment deadlines and effective dates from the official Federal Register API.

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Federal Register SDN / Sanctions Watch

zentrafoundry/public-debarment-sanctions-lite-monitor

Federal Register docs matching Specially Designated Nationals. Not the 29MB OFAC XML dump. $0.02.

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Google News Scraper & Media Coverage Intelligence

azzarilabs/google-news-media-intelligence

Turn public Google News coverage into article evidence, publisher context, and coverage summaries.

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340B Keyword Watch (Federal Register)

zentrafoundry/340b-opais-delta-monitor

Federal Register docs matching 340B. Last-run names the FR title. OPAIS portal 403s from this IP. $0.02.

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Medicare Coverage Change Impact Report

taroyamada/medicare-coverage-change-impact-report

Try for free → Input → Start (1 CMS coverage row ≈ USD 0.005/row). Track public CMS national coverage reports and NCD/NCA records, then receive source-linked change alerts. From USD 5/1k.

naoki anzai

HIPAA Breach Keyword Watch (Federal Register)

zentrafoundry/hhs-ocr-hipaa-breach-delta-monitor

Federal Register docs matching HIPAA breach. Last run: Unified Agenda 2026. OCR portal is JSF. $0.02.

Zentra

Federal Register Scraper

smorgi_apps/federal-register-scraper

Scrape Federal Register documents via the official JSON API. Search, agency and type filters, page pagination. Empty pages free. ~$0.50/1k.

Smorgi Apps

Federal Register Scraper - Rules & Comment Tracker

maydit/us-federal-register-scraper

Track proposed & final federal rules and comment deadlines by agency or topic. Scrape Federal Register data to CSV/JSON. Monitor new regulations on a schedule.