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- Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing (GLOBE) Model (12/22/25)
- Proposed Drug GUARD Model Rule (12/22/25)
- Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model (12/10/25)
- CMS Releases Repeal of Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities (12/02/25)
- CMS Releases Final CY 2026 Home Health PPS Update (11/30/25)
- Final CY 2026 Hospital Outpatient and ASC PPS Update Released (11/24/25)
- CMS Issues Final CY 2026 ESRD PPS Update (11/24/25)
- CMS Finally Releases CY 2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles (11/17/25)
- Final CY 2026 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Other Part B Payment and Coverage Policies Released (11/10/25)
- CMS Issues Final Rule Regarding Contract Year 2026 Medicare Advantage Disclosure (09/22/25)
- CMS Releases Final FY 2026 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Update (08/05/25)
- CMS Finalizes Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility FY 2026 PPS Update (08/05/25)
- CMS Issues Final FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update (08/04/25)
- Final FY 2026 Update to IPPS and LTCH Issued (08/03/25)
- Final FY 2026 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Update Issued (08/01/25)
- Proposed CY 2026 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Other Part B Payment and Coverage Policies Released (07/21/25)
- Proposed CY 2026 Hospital Outpatient and ASC PPS Update Released (07/18/25)
- “One Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R.-1) Enacted (07/07/25)
- CMS Proposes CY 2026 Home Health PPS Update (07/02/25)
- CMS Releases Proposed CY 2026 ESRD PPS Update (07/01/25)
- CMS Finalizes Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule (06/23/25)
- Medicare Trustees Issue 2025 Report (06/19/25)
- Senate Finance Committee Releases Its Version of Proposed Tax Provisions to be Included in the Budget Reconciliation Bill Being Considered by Congress (06/17/25)
- CMS Issues Proposed IPPS FY 2026 Correction Notice (06/04/25)
- House Passes FY 2026 Budget Bill (05/26/25)
- CMS Issues Correction Notice to the Final CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (05/15/25)
- CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Close a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole (05/13/25)
- CMS Issues Proposed FY 2026 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Update (04/17/25)
- CMS Releases Proposed Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility FY 2026 PPS Update (04/16/25)
- CMS Posts Proposed FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update (04/15/25)
- Proposed FY 2026 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Update Issued (04/15/25)
- CMS Releases Proposed FY 2026 IPPS and LTCH Rule (04/14/25)
- CMS Proposes Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule (03/13/25)
- House Republicans Advances Bill to Keep the Federal Government Open Through September 30, 2025 (03/12/25)
- Draft Options for G.O.P. Cost Cuts for Tax Bill (01/23/25)
- CMS Announces 15 Additional Drugs Selected for Medicare Drug Price Negotiations (01/17/25)
- CMS Issues Final Rule of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026 (01/15/25)
- CMS Posts Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Advance Notice for Medicare Advantage (MA); Capitation Rates; and Part C and Part B Payment Policies (01/12/25)
- CMS Issuing Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; etc.; Correction Rule Appeal Rights for Certain Changes in Patient Status (1/9/25)