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Federal Register · August 14, 2025
The title they went with Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2026 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program; Correction Noisy translates that to

Medicare fixes typos in payment rules for doctors, drug rebates

What happened
This document corrects small errors in a proposed rule for how Medicare pays doctors and handles drug rebates. The changes are minor, mostly fixing typos and technical mistakes in the original text.
Why it matters
This document is a correction, not a new policy. It cleans up language in a proposed rule that will set payment rates for doctors and drug companies for 2026. The actual structural changes, if any, will come from the main proposed rule, not this correction.
The signal
The main proposed rule, once finalized, will show how Medicare payment rates for doctors and drug companies will change for 2026.
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