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Medicare Program; FY 2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this final rule in the Federal Register on July 31, 2026. It took effect on October 1, 2026.
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What the agency says
This final rule updates 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 final rule also refines the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) outlier policy. These changes will be effective for IPF discharges occurring during the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. We are also finalizing the implementation of a standardized IPF patient assessment instrument, and removing two measures used in the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting Program.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-15588
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- July 31, 2026
- Takes effect
- October 1, 2026
- Dates
- These regulations are effective October 1, 2026.
- Docket
- CMS-1847-F
- 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
- 73
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