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Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on April 14, 2026. Comments closed on April 10, 2026.
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What the agency says
This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital- related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); update and make changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and make other policy-related changes.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-07203
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- April 14, 2026
- Comments due
- April 10, 2026
- Dates
- To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided in the ADDRESSES section, no later than 5 p.m. EDT on April 10, 2026.
- Docket
- CMS-1849-P
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 405; 42 CFR 412; 42 CFR 413; 42 CFR 415; 42 CFR 419; 42 CFR 495; 42 CFR 512
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Diseases; Health care; Health facilities; Health insurance; Health maintenance organizations (HMO); Health professions; Health records; Hospitals; Intergovernmental relations; Medicaid; Medical devices; Medicare; Penalties; Privacy; Puerto Rico; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Rural areas; X-rays
- Pages
- 576
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