Comment season closed on the 2027 payment rules and hospitals answered on every front at once, medical societies wrote their own vaccine schedule, and Edwards’ size-adjustable pulmonary valve reached its first American patient.
HHS opened a comment period on whether vaccines should still be routinely recommended, CMS put its RAPID device coverage pathway out for comment and paused TCET for new candidates, and No Surprises Act arbitration passed $22 billion in cost.
Trump narrowed the childhood vaccine schedule and ordered an MMR split, the Fifth Circuit voided the No Surprises payment benchmark, and new data showed insurers denying up to 18% of prior authorization requests.
CMS published its RAPID device coverage notice against a payment rule that already closed a different door, joint replacement bundles go mandatory nationwide, and the ACA marketplace enters 2027 renewal sicker, pricier and in court.
Two agencies moved on 340B in the same week, CMS ended the subsidy holding Medicare drug premiums down, and FDA loaded its fiscal 2027 device fee increase entirely onto establishment registration.
The administration told a court how it cancelled research grants and told the country what it wants funded instead, while CMS moved to squeeze the provider taxes that finance Medicaid.
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