What You Should Know:– The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a proposed rule for the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). – The proposal aims to increase quality care for Medicare recipients while significantly reducing unnecessary spending. To address this, CMS is proposing to pay for skin substitutes as incident-to supplies, a change expected to reduce spending on these products by nearly 90%. The model aims to enhance care quality and reduce low-value care by improving upstream chronic disease management. For a fact sheet on the CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, please visit https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/calendar-year-cy-2026-medicare-physician-fee-schedule-pfs-proposed-rule-cms-1832-p.