Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Issues Regulatory Update Jan 8, 2026 NewsCMS Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health in All 50 StatesCMS Announces Establishment of the Office of Rural Health TransformationNew CMS LEAD Model Aims to Expand Access to Accountable Care, Improve Health OutcomesCMS Proposed Model Test Would Lower Certain Medicare Part B Prescription DrugsCMS Proposed Model Test Would Lower Drugs Costs for Medicare Part DCMS BALANCE Model Aims to Expand Access to GLP-1 Medications for People with Medicare Part D & MedicaidTransparency in Coverage Proposed RuleFinal Local Coverage Determinations for Certain Skin Substitutes WithdrawnPhysicians & Non-Physicians: Comment on Medicare Enrollment Application by February 17Hospitals: Submit Data for OPPS Drug Acquisition Cost Survey by March 31Hospitals: Apply for Additional Residency Positions by March 31Medicare-Funded Physician Residency Positions AwardedHealth Professional Shortage Area: CY 2026 Bonus PaymentsAmbulance Fee Schedule: CY 2026 Inflation FactorDoctors & Clinicians: CY 2023 Performance InformationInformation for Critical Access HospitalsClaims, Pricers & CodesICD-10-PCS: CMS Announces 80 New Codes, Effective April 1Medicare Part B Drug Pricing Files & Revisions: January UpdateNational Correct Coding Initiative: January UpdateUpdated ICD-10 Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group Version 43.1Events2026 CMS Burden Reduction Conference – February 25MLN Matters® ArticlesCardiac Contractility Modulation for Heart FailureChimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy Billing Instructions: Medicare Claims Processing Manual UpdateDMEPOS Fee Schedule: CY 2026 UpdateESRD & Acute Kidney Injury Dialysis: CY 2026 UpdateNational Coverage Determination 20.40: Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled HypertensionLaboratory National Coverage Determination Edit Software: January 2026 UpdatePayment for Medicare Part B Preventive Vaccines & Their Administration for Rural Health Clinics & Federally Qualified Health Centers – RevisedPublications & MultimediaMedicare Provider Enrollment – RevisedRead the Full Edition
