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Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2027 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on July 16, 2026. Comments closed on September 14, 2026.
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What the agency says
This proposed rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of establishment of new policies for: the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; the Ambulatory Specialty Model; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers; update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 provisions; updates to Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule regulations; updates to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-14327
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- July 16, 2026
- Comments due
- September 14, 2026
- Dates
- To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, by September 14, 2026.
- Docket
- CMS-1848-P
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-AV82
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 400; 42 CFR 405; 42 CFR 406; 42 CFR 407; 42 CFR 410; 42 CFR 414; 42 CFR 415; 42 CFR 417; 42 CFR 422; 42 CFR 423; 42 CFR 424; 42 CFR 425; 42 CFR 427; 42 CFR 428; 42 CFR 512
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Biologics; Diseases; Drugs; Emergency medical services; Grant programs-health; Health care; Health facilities; Health insurance; Health maintenance organizations (HMO); Health professions; Intergovernmental relations; Laboratories; Loan programs-health; Medicaid; Medical devices; Medicare; Penalties; Prescription drugs; Privacy; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Rural areas; X-rays
- Pages
- 716
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