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Rules in motion
186 federal and state rules, tracked by stage from first proposal to the day they bite. Each card carries its next key date.
Rules by stage
Red marks records with an open public comment window, where a reader can still act. 10 open now.
Proposed
52
Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) proposed rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
CY 2027 Hospital OPPS/ASC proposed rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act (H.R. 9504)
House Ways and Means C… · proposed Jul 1, 2026
Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Calendar Year 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) proposed rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Calendar Year 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Proposed Rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
DEA marijuana rescheduling (Schedule I to Schedule III)
DEA
Calendar Year 2027 Hospital OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) National Coverage Determination (CAG-00430R2)
Comment period closed Jul 15, 2026
Calendar Year 2027 Hospital OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule, site neutral imaging payment provision
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act
Congress
Calendar Year 2027 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (CMS-1848-P)
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 (H.R. 3514)
House Ways and Means C…
CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
CY2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule, EMTALA accreditor deeming provision
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (CMS-1848-P)
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule (MIPS Sunset and Value Pathways)
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
CY2027 Hospital OPPS/ASC Rule (Site-Neutral Imaging Payment Cut)
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
FY2027 IPPS Rule (TEAM Spinal Fusion Expansion)
Comment period closed Jun 9, 2026
CY2027 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, G2211 Modifier and RPM/RTM Staffing Provisions
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
CY2027 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, MSSP Benchmark Provisions
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
INSULIN Act of 2026
Senate Health, Educati…
Medicare Advantage Medical Loss Ratio Transparency Act
House Ways and Means C…
CY2027 Hospital OPPS/ASC Proposed Rule (CMS-1850-P): 340B drug payment reduction
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Calendar Year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
CY 2027 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (CMS-1844-P)
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
CY2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
CY2027 End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
Comment period closed Aug 24, 2026
Software as a Medical Service (SaMS) payment category, CY2027 Hospital OPPS rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
Patients First Act (incorporating ROOT Act imaging AUC provisions)
U.S. House of Represen…
CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule
CMS · proposed Jul 14, 2026
CY2027 MPFS same-day E/M reduction and remote monitoring consolidation
CMS · proposed Jul 14, 2026
TAVR National Coverage Determination proposed decision memo
CMS
Calendar Year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule (CMS-1848-P)
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
CY2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Temporary Placement of 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) in Schedule I
DEA
STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act (H.R. 5364 / S. 4176)
U.S. Congress
SUSTAIN 340B Act
HRSA / U.S. Senate
Continuing resolution (H.R. 6500) funding the federal government through December 11, 2026
U.S. Senate / Congress
Radiology Devices; Reclassification of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis System
Comments due Oct 9, 2026
CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) mandatory notification rule
Comments due Dec 9, 2026
Medicaid managed care state directed payments cap (CMS-2449-P)
CMS · proposed May 22, 2026
RAPID Coverage Pathway (CMS-3487-NC)
Comments due Oct 13, 2026
Proposed rescheduling of dual orexin receptor antagonists to Schedule V
Comment period closed Sep 10, 2026
SUSTAIN 340B Act
U.S. Senate
CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: RPM/RTM outsourced staffing ban
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (CMS-1848-P)
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance (Uniform Guidance rewrite)
Office of Management a… · proposed May 29, 2026
Doctors Not AI Act (H.R. 10210)
U.S. House of Represen…
Comment open
28
Temporary Placement of 7-hydroxymitragynine Above a Specified Threshold in Schedule I
Comment period closed Jul 31, 2026
CMS-2449-P: Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments
Comment period closed Jul 21, 2026
Temporary Placement of 7-Hydroxymitragynine Above a Specified Threshold in Schedule I
Comment period closed Jul 31, 2026
Medicaid State Directed Payments quality metric requirement and proposed Medicare rate cap (OBBBA)
Comment period closed Jul 21, 2026
FY 2027 IPPS proposed rule, TEAM spinal fusion expansion
Comment period closed Jun 9, 2026
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations Request for Information
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
340B Rebate Model Pilot Program
Comment stage
503B Bulks List exclusion of semaglutide, tirzepatide, and liraglutide
Comment period closed Jul 30, 2026
PBM Compensation Reform (CAA 2026 Part D Delinking, DOL Fee Disclosure Rule, FTC Express Scripts Settlement)
Comment stage
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program manufacturer effectuation guidance
Comments due Sep 18, 2026 · 2d
Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments (CMS-2449-P)
Comment period closed Jul 21, 2026
National Coverage Determination reconsideration for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
Comment period closed Jul 15, 2026
CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule (CMS-1848-P)
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
CY2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule: Emergency Care Access and Timeliness (ECAT) eCQM
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Proposed exclusion of semaglutide, tirzepatide, and liraglutide from the section 503B Bulks List
Comment period closed Jul 30, 2026
Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device (RAPID) coverage pathway
Comment stage
Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device (RAPID) Coverage Pathway (CMS-3487-NC)
Comment stage
CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule (CMS-1848-P), dual obstetric billing codes
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program integrity rule (CMS-4215-P)
Comment period closed Aug 17, 2026
CY 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule (CMS-1844-P)
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Nurses for Nursing Homes Program (NNHP) System of Records Notice
Comments due Sep 21, 2026 · 5d
Categories Used in Federal Vaccine Recommendations and the Role of Shared Clinical Decision-Making RFI
Comments due Sep 20, 2026 · 4d
CY2027 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System proposed rule
Comment period closed Aug 24, 2026
CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (CMS-1848-P)
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
2027 Connecticut individual and small-group health insurance rate filings
Comment stage
Calendar Year 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Proposed Rule
Comment period closed Aug 31, 2026
Texas Medicaid Directed Payment Programs (including CHIRP)
Comment stage
Calendar Year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Comment period closed Sep 14, 2026
Final
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Contract Year 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D Rate Announcement
Final · effective Apr 6, 2026
Medicare Program; Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations
Final · effective Jun 16, 2027
Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM)
Final
Missouri health care bill package (HB 2372, HB 2974, SB 878, SB 999, SB 1019, SB 1233)
Final · effective Aug 28, 2026
Psychedelic Drugs: Considerations for Clinical Investigations; final guidance and Request for Information on care delivery models
Final · effective Jul 14, 2026
Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children; Rescission
Final · effective Jul 14, 2026
Advisory Opinion 26-16, Food as Medicine Program
Final · effective Jul 14, 2026
Risk-Based Survey approach for nursing homes
Final
CAA 2026 PBM Part D rebate delinking and DOL fee disclosure rule
Final
Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM)
Final
Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM)
Final
Renewal of NCQA deeming authority for Medicare Advantage HMOs and PPOs
Final · effective Jul 27, 2026
Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration
Final
Cancer Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria guidances (laboratory values, washout periods and concomitant medications, and performance status)
Final · effective Jul 28, 2026
Fiscal Year 2027 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1843-F)
Final
Fiscal Year 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements Final Rule (CMS-1851-F)
Final · effective Oct 1, 2026
Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System FY2027 Rate Update (CMS-1847-F)
Final · effective Jul 31, 2026
Fiscal Year 2027 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1843-F)
Final
No Surprises Act Independent Dispute Resolution process overhaul
Final
340B Rebate Model Pilot Program (revised)
Final
FY2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate final rule (CMS-1851-F)
Final
FY2027 IPPS/LTCH Prospective Payment System final rule (CMS-1849-F), including CJR-X
Final
Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 (CMS-1845-F)
Final · effective Oct 1, 2026
Risk-Based Survey Process for Nursing Homes (QSO-26-14-NH)
Final
LEAD Model (Long-Term Enhanced ACO Design)
Final
FY 2027 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule (CJR-X mandatory bundle expansion)
Final
FY 2027 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Rule (CMS-1849-F), including the CJR-X mandatory bundle
Final · effective Aug 4, 2026
FY2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility (IPF) Prospective Payment System Final Rule
Final
340B Rebate Model Pilot Program
Final · effective Jan 1, 2027
Rural Health Care Program rate-justification waiver and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Final
FY2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update (CMS-1851-F)
Final · effective Oct 1, 2026
Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) updates in the FY2027 Hospital IPPS Final Rule
Final · effective Aug 4, 2026
Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children
Final
Reclassification of In Situ Hybridization Test Systems for Use With a Corresponding Approved Oncology Therapeutic Product
Final · effective Sep 16, 2026
National Fraud Enforcement Division
Final · effective Aug 24, 2026
Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children
Final · effective Oct 13, 2026
340B Rebate Model Pilot Program
Final · effective Aug 3, 2026
2027 Oregon health insurance rate approvals
Final
LEAD Model (ACO REACH successor)
Final
Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) for heart failure
Final
2027 ACA Marketplace Rate Approvals
Final · effective Sep 4, 2026
Litigated
27
2023 RADV Audit Rule (Medicare Advantage risk adjustment data validation)
In litigation
Medicaid Community Engagement Requirement interim final rule
In litigation
Medicare Advantage 2026 star ratings methodology
In litigation
Missouri Senate Bill 751 (340B contract-pharmacy law)
In litigation
CMS Medicaid work-requirement interim final rule ("medically frail" exemption definition)
In litigation
Marijuana rescheduling from Schedule I to Schedule III
In litigation
DEA marijuana rescheduling (Schedule I to Schedule III)
In litigation
Marijuana rescheduling from Schedule I to Schedule III
In litigation
Medicaid work requirement interim final rule (medically frail exemption)
In litigation
Title X family planning grant screening rules
In litigation
2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule
In litigation
CMS-ICE Medicaid data sharing agreement
In litigation
2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
In litigation
2024 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) final rule
In litigation
Interim final rule narrowing Medicaid work-requirements 'medically frail' exemption
In litigation
2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule
In litigation
Medicaid work requirements medically frail exemption interim final rule
In litigation
Medicaid work requirements interim final rule
In litigation
2027 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters final rule
In litigation
No Surprises Act qualifying payment amount calculation rule (2021 interim final rule)
In litigation
FEHB/PSHB gender-affirming care coverage exclusion directive
In litigation
No Surprises Act qualifying payment amount (QPA) formula
In litigation
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (Inflation Reduction Act)
In litigation
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (Inflation Reduction Act)
In litigation
Medicare Advantage RADV audit extrapolation rule
In litigation
False Claims Act qui tam whistleblower provision (Appointments Clause challenge)
In litigation
Colorado 340B contract pharmacy access law
In litigation
Effective
38
Fourth Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Substances
Live Jan 1, 2026
ACCESS Model
Live Jul 5, 2026
State pharmacy benefit manager laws (Virginia S.B. 669, California licensing, Ohio H.B. 229)
Live Jul 1, 2026
Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act independent-practice provision (sunset)
Live Jul 1, 2026
Medicaid 80-hour-a-month community-engagement (work) requirement
Live Jul 1, 2026
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability final rule, Section 504 accessible medical equipment requirement
Live Jul 8, 2026
Change in Eligibility Period for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance
Live Jul 14, 2026
Senate Bill 3025 (Act 220), Medical Debt Acquisition and Forgiveness Program
Live Jul 12, 2026
Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver extension, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026
Live Sep 30, 2030
Federal IDR administrative fee reduction
Live Jun 11, 2026
State Private Equity Health Care Transaction Review Laws (California AB-1415, Rhode Island, Maine)
Live Jan 1, 2026
DOJ 2011 Olmstead integration mandate enforcement guidance
Live Jul 13, 2026
New York Nurse Practitioner Independent Practice Authority Extension
Live May 28, 2026
Nationwide Hospice and Home Health Agency Enrollment Moratorium
Live May 13, 2026
Hospice FY2027 Annual Payment Update HOPE Compliance Requirement
Live Oct 1, 2025
Rescission of Title VI disparate-impact provisions, 45 CFR Part 80
Live Jul 24, 2026
Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model, Performance Year 2 transplant incentive increase
Live Jul 1, 2026
Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model Payment Updates, PY2026
Live May 28, 2025
Wisconsin Medicaid postpartum coverage extension (60 days to 12 months)
Live Jul 1, 2026
Medicaid community engagement (work) requirement interim final rule
Live Jul 31, 2026
State Medicaid and CHIP Applied Behavior Analysis Toolkit
Live Aug 4, 2026
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations Final Rule
Live Aug 3, 2026
Medical Assistance Protection Act
Live Aug 1, 2026
Section 1135 Waivers for Washington Wildfire Public Health Emergency
Live Aug 7, 2026
HB 26-1195, AI Therapy Services
Live Aug 12, 2026
Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans
Live Aug 10, 2026
Medicaid demonstration budget neutrality policy (SMD 26-003)
Live Dec 31, 2026
Emergency organ donor serology testing window (HIV and West Nile virus)
Live Aug 17, 2026
Temporary Placement of O-Desmethyltramadol (O-DSMT) in Schedule I
Live Aug 12, 2026
NEISS-R hospital emergency department data collection program
Live Aug 12, 2026
Most Favored Nation (MFN) drug pricing agreements
Live Aug 31, 2026
Local Coverage Determination for Trigger Point Injections (L33912, L35010)
Live Sep 6, 2026
Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing Agreements
Live Aug 31, 2026
UnitedHealthcare removal of prior authorization for 1,700 procedure codes
Live Oct 1, 2026
Counseling Compact
Live Aug 31, 2026
Temporary Placement of Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16 in Schedule I
Live Aug 26, 2026
APRN Modernization Act
Live Sep 1, 2026
Compounding of Starter Parenteral Nutrition for Neonates (temporary enforcement priorities guidance)
Live Sep 4, 2026