The annual physician fee schedule and the health center PPS rate, care-management codes, telehealth, and the accountable-care models health centers can join.
CMS proposes raising the FQHC PPS base rate to $212.91, a 2.5% increase, in the CY2027 physician fee schedule; comments closed September 14 and the final rule is pending. 66 House members asked CMS for telehealth payment parity at health centers and rural clinics.
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Based on: Federal Register / CMS · NACHC
Timeline
Government · Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission
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HSCRC says AHEAD requires statewide all-payer total-cost growth and primary-care investment targets. A short-term advisory council informed the methodology, and the Regulatory Working Group's stated comment deadline was July 20, 2026.
Government · Utah Department of Health and Human Services
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Utah DHHS lists FAST 4.1 applications as open June 24–July 22, 2026.
Government · Hawaiʻi DHS Med-QUEST Division
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Med-QUEST and the State Health Planning and Development Agency report that Hawaiʻi received a 10-year, $12 million cooperative agreement for the federal AHEAD model and is one of six participating states.
Association · NACHC
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NACHC posted on July 24, 2026 that it supported a bipartisan letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz led by Reps. GT Thompson (R-PA) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI) with 64 co-signers.
Association · NACHC
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NACHC posted on July 24, 2026 that it supported a bipartisan congressional letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, led by Reps. GT Thompson (R-PA) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI) with 64 co-signers.
Government · Maine DHHS Office of MaineCare Services
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MaineCare reminded providers that anyone delivering telehealth must be enrolled with MaineCare and appropriately licensed, accredited, certified or registered in the state where the member is located during the service.
Government · Federal Register / CMS
CMS published the CY2027 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule (CMS-1848-P, FR doc 2026-14327) in today's Federal Register — 91 FR 43842–44557, comments close September 14, 2026.
Government · Delaware DHSS Division of Public Health
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Delaware's Rural Health Transformation Program lists $24,322,042.48 in first-year funding to help rural providers and FQHCs prepare for value-based care…
South Dakota Department of Health
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In the Transforming Systems for Sustainability track, the July forecast lists $7 million in first-year PACT provider value-based quality payments and $3 million for population-health and case-management tools as upcoming.
Research · Episcopal Health Foundation
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On May 5, 2026, the Episcopal Health Foundation released an evaluation of 'My Texas My Health,' the clinically integrated network (CIN) TACHC launched in 2023 for Texas FQHCs, finding rapid membership growth, formalized governance…
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