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Medicare Program; FY 2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on April 7, 2026. Comments closed on June 1, 2026.
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What the agency says
This rulemaking proposes to update the prospective payment rates, the outlier threshold, and the wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs), which include psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or critical access hospital. This rulemaking also proposes refinement of the IPF PPS outlier policy. These changes would be effective for IPF discharges occurring during the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. We are also proposing the implementation of a standardized IPF patient assessment instrument, and the removal of two measures used in the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting Program.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-06675
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- April 7, 2026
- Comments due
- June 1, 2026
- Dates
- To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below by June 1, 2026.
- Docket
- CMS-1847-P
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-AV77
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 412
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Health facilities; Medicare; Puerto Rico; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 37
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