• Medical Devices; Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices; Classification of the Cooperative Powered Surgical Assist Device for ENT Surgery

  Final device-classification order

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Sep 10, 2026· Rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Beyond da Vinci: a systematic review of next-generation multiport robotic platforms in pediatric surgery.

  Systematic review of sparse early clinical series

  RESEARCHJ Robot Surg·Sep 7, 2026Evidence updateNew technology
• Medicaid Program; Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children

  Rule · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Aug 13, 2026· Rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; Other Policy Changes; and Adoption of Updated Versions of Certain Health Information Technology Standards

  Rule · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Aug 4, 2026· Rule · United StatesPractice relevancePolicy watch
• Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances-April Through June 2026

  Notice · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jul 27, 2026· Notice · United StatesPolicy watch
  Notice · United States

  Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  Official US document. Check its status and effective date.
• 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

  Proposed rule, not final policy

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jul 16, 2026· Proposed rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; and Quality Reporting Programs; Including the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Program; Request for Information on Strengthening the Standardization and Comparability of Hospital Price Transparency (HPT) Data; Prior Authorization; Accrediting Organization (AO) Deeming for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and Notices of Closure of Teaching Hospitals and Opportunities To Apply for Available Slots

  Proposed rule, not final policy

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jul 7, 2026· Proposed rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Modification of Living Organ Donation Reimbursement Program Eligibility Guidelines in Response To Honor Our Living Donors Act

  Notice · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jul 1, 2026· Notice · United StatesGuideline-relatedPolicy watch
• Medicare Program; CY 2027 Changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System, Acute Kidney Injury Dialysis (AKI) Payment, and ESRD Quality Incentive Program

  Proposed rule · not final law

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jun 26, 2026· Proposed rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program

  Proposed rule · not final law

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jun 16, 2026· Proposed rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Medicare Program; Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and Preventing AO Conflicts of Interest, and Related Provisions

  Rule · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jun 16, 2026· Rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes; Correction

  Proposed rule · not final law

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·May 22, 2026· Proposed rule · United StatesPractice relevancePolicy watch
• Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances-January through March 2026

  Notice · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·May 14, 2026· Notice · United StatesPolicy watch
• Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes

  Proposed rule · not final law

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Apr 14, 2026· Proposed rule · United StatesPractice relevancePolicy watch
• Regional Collaboration and Camaraderie Define Western Chapter Meeting

  Professional news

  NEWSAmerican College of Surgeons·Apr 14, 2026Worth a read
• Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 and Certain Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program

  Rule · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Apr 6, 2026· Rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2026 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; Correction

  Rule · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Mar 12, 2026· Rule · United StatesPolicy watch
  Rule · United States

  Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  Official US document. Check its status and effective date.
• Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities for Continued CMS-Approval of its Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Accreditation Program

  Notice · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Mar 10, 2026· Notice · United StatesPolicy watch
• Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances-October Through December 2025

  Notice · check effective date

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Feb 23, 2026· Notice · United StatesPolicy watch
• Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions for Coverage: Revisions to the Conditions for Coverage

  Proposed rule, not final policy

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jan 30, 2026· Proposed rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Wisconsin Surgeons Unite for Learning and Collaboration

  Professional news

  NEWSAmerican College of Surgeons·Dec 2, 2025Worth a read

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