CMS officials opened the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule annual public meeting, reviewed statutory requirements and recent Consolidated Appropriations Act changes, announced data‑reporting and panel dates, and outlined the crosswalk/gap‑fill timing and public comment windows for CY2027 CLFS determinations.

The board adopted rule 1.08.16 implementing informed-consent requirements for teledentistry under House Bill 1700, and voted to propose rule reviews for chapters 1.14–1.16 and to propose edits to RDA registration rule 1.14.2, including film and digital X‑ray language.