Dates that matter
deadlines, effective dates, rules, meetingsSeptember 2026
- The American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting includes panels on artificial intelligence; keynotes by former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb and Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel.
- One day at the Waldorf Astoria, run by MAHA Center; speakers include NIH director Jay Bhattacharya and staff from Anthropic and OpenAI. Becker's reports sponsors get a private dinner with the speakers, HHS officials among them.
- 50 million shares at $40 to $44; about four times oversubscribed, Bloomberg reported.
- Sign or veto by September 30; effective January 1, 2027 if signed. Sponsored by the California Nurses Association; hospitals, insurers, and technology firms opposed.
October 2026
- Alabama requires human review of payer utilization decisions and disclosure of AI use.
- ACCESS is Original Medicare only. Doctronic's Utah agreement ran October 2025 to October 2026 and is renewable; the exact renewal date is not public.
- The American Society of Anesthesiologists' annual meeting.
- Docket FDA-2026-N-7874.
- Governance, policy, and implementation; the vendor-and-CIO view of what is being rolled out next.
- 11:59 PM Mountain. Watch for any reach into health care chatbots.
November 2026
- Remote monitoring employed-staff rule, conversion factor, G2211 modifier, software-as-a-medical-service payment, AI requests for information. The date is the statutory target.
- First House of Delegates since the AMA-DiMe framework on the physician's role; expect AI liability and payment resolutions.
- Docket FDA-2026-N-9505; the draft excludes remote telesurgery and autonomous surgical robots and asks for risk assessment of AI features.
- Autonomous-radiology and FDA AI sessions.
December 2026
- Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the AI Omnibus, has been in force since July 27, 2026. Stand-alone high-risk systems follow on December 2, 2027, and AI built into regulated medical devices on August 2, 2028.
- Hybrid meeting at the FDA's White Oak campus, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time both days; in-person registration closes Nov. 23.
- Mentioned in the long read as one of the few credentials worth the money.
- Expect a fifth extension or a special-registration final rule in the fourth quarter.
January 2027
- Also on this date: the CMS prior-authorization API requirements and Georgia's SB 444, which bars coverage decisions based solely on AI.
- Set by the comptroller's September 16 policy; CT Mirror reports the January 1, 2027 effective date. The comptroller plans to ask the 2027 legislature to extend it to all state-regulated plans.
May 2027
December 2027
- Under Regulation (EU) 2026/1744. AI embedded in regulated medical devices follows on August 2, 2028.
- The 2028 cliff for non-behavioral telehealth.