Healthcare

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Medicare's inpatient hospital payment rules for federal fiscal year 2027 are final, effective for discharges beginning October 1, 2026, along with quality program requirements and updated health information technology standards.

CMS-1849-F

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Source date July 31, 2026 · Verified September 3, 2026

Next: October 1, 2026

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Medicare's outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payment rules for 2027 are proposed but not final. The comment period has closed and a final rule is expected before the policies would take effect.

CMS-1850-P

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Source date July 2, 2026 · Verified September 3, 2026

Next: January 1, 2027

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Every acute care hospital building in California must be fully functional after an earthquake by January 1, 2030. Compliance plans were due at the start of 2026, and hospitals that are not yet compliant face further reporting obligations later this decade.

California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)

Source date September 3, 2026 · Verified September 3, 2026

Next: November 1, 2028