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Medicare Program; Updates to the Master List of Items Potentially Subject to Face to Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery and/or Prior Authorization Requirements; Updates to the Required Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery List; and Updates to the Required Prior Authorization List
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 13, 2026. It took effect on April 13, 2026.
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What the agency says
This document announces the updated Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes on the Master List. It also announces updates to the HCPCS codes on the Required Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List and the Required Prior Authorization List.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-00487
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Updates to the Master List of Items Potentially Subject to Face-To-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior to Delivery and/or Prior Authorization Requirements (the "Master List"); Updates to the Required Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List; and Updates to the Required Prior Authorization List
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- January 13, 2026
- Takes effect
- April 13, 2026
- Dates
- Implementation of updates to the Master List, the Required Face- to-Face and Written Order Prior to Delivery List, and the Required Prior Authorization List are effective on April 13, 2026.
- Docket
- CMS-6097-N
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-ZB98
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 410; 42 CFR 414
- Pages
- 6
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