Health Affairs November 13, 2025
Editor’s Note
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Articles in this topic offer timely analyses of regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments in health policy under the Trump-Vance Administration and the 119th Congress. Health Affairs Forefront alone reviews all submissions then selects, edits, and publishes them only if they meet Forefront’s editorial standards.
In July 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued their annual proposed rule with updates to the CY 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System (CMS-1834-P). The proposed rule addresses how outpatient and...
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