The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed its calendar year 2027 update to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system, including a request for information on standardizing hospital price transparency data and a potential separate payment for domestic procurement of PPE and essential medicines. Comments are due August 31, 2026.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule updating Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates on July 6, 2026. The agency is accepting public comments through August 31, 2026.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed rule on June 26, 2026 that would update the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2027, revise AKI dialysis payment rates, and modify ESRD Quality Incentive Program requirements.