Health Law Daily Wrap Up, REGULATION TRACKER—Information on pending or recently adopted regulations and regulation amendments, (Aug 4, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

This Health Law Regulation Tracker includes a Proposed Rules Comment Calendar and a Table of Final Rule Effective Dates.

New proposed rules. No new proposed rules have been issued since July 28, 2025.

See the Regulation Tracker for details.

New final rules. On August 4, 2025, CMS issued a final rule that finalizes changes and updates to the policies and payment rates used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for fiscal year 2026. This final rule also updates the requirements for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program.

On August 4, 2025, CMS issued a final rule that revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); updates and makes changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and makes other policy-related changes. CMS is also finalizing the provisions of the interim final action with comment period regarding the changes to the FY 2025 IPPS rates due to the court decision in Bridgeport Hosp. v. Becerra. Lastly, it finalizes certain updates to the ONC Health Information Technology (IT) Certification Program.

See the Regulation Tracker for details.

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