Rules › CMS-2026-2344

Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; and Quality Reporting Programs; Including the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Program; Request for Information on Strengthening the Standardization and Comparability of Hospital Price Transparency (HPT) Data; Prior Authorization; Accrediting Organization (AO) Deeming for Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and Notices of Closure of Teaching Hospitals and Opportunities To Apply for Available Slots

Proposed rule from the Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (docket CMS-2026-2344). 200 comment letters from companies and organizations are listed below.

Agency

Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Docket

CMS-2026-2344

Published

2026-07-07

Comments due

2026-08-31

Status

Comment period closed August 31, 2026 · no final rule found yet

Total public comments

2,324

Letters listed here

200

Federal Register notice ↗ · Docket on Regulations.gov ↗

Who commented, by industry

Healthcare 134 Pharma & Medical Devices 43 Insurance 6 Technology, Media & Telecom 5 Law, Accounting & Consulting 5 Advocacy & Nonprofits 3 Other 2 Business Groups & Chambers 1 Education 1

Who commented