2026 Issue Briefs

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Andrew Wheeler
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- CMS Proposes Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Fee-for-Service Practitioner Payments (5/22/26)
- CMS Issues Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program (5/20/26)
- CMS Announces Two Nationwide Temporary Moratoria on Enrollment of Home Health Agencies (HHAs) and Hospices (5/13/26)
- CMS Proposes 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set (4/29/26)
- CMS Proposes Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs (4/14/26)
- CMS Proposes Fiscal Year PPS 2027 IPPS Update (4/13/26)
- CMS Issues Medicare Advantage Organizations Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Capitation Rates; and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (4/7/26)
- CMS Finalizing Contract Year 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D Technical Changes (4/6/26)
- CMS Proposes Fiscal Year PPS 2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Update (4/5/26)
- CMS Proposes Fiscal Year 2027 PPS Skilled Nursing Facility Update and Quality Reporting Program Requirements (4/4/26)
- CMS Proposes Fiscal Year 2027 PPS Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Updates (4/3/26)
- CMS Proposes Fiscal Year 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Quality Reporting Program Requirements (4/2/26)
- CMS Issues Final Administrative Simplification Rule (3/21/26)
- CMS Issues Correction Rule to CY 2026 MPFS Final Rule (3/11/26)
- CMS Issues Correction Rule to CY 2026 OPPS Final Rule (2/20/26)
- CMS Proposing Rule Regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program (2/11/26)
- CMS Is Finalizing Medicaid Health Care-Related Tax Loophole (1/30/26)
- CMS Proposing Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) Conditions for Coverage Revisions (1/28/26)
- CMS Posts Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Advance Notice for Medicare Advantage (MA); Capitation Rates; and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (1/28/26)