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Medicare Program; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots; Correction
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this final rule in the Federal Register on February 23, 2026. It took effect on February 23, 2026.
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What the agency says
This document corrects technical errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the November 25, 2025 issue of the Federal Register titled "Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots" (hereinafter referred to as the "CY 2026 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period"). The effective date of the CY 2026 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period was January 1, 2026.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-03578
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule with comment period; correction
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- February 23, 2026
- Takes effect
- February 23, 2026
- Dates
- Effective February 23, 2026.
- Docket
- CMS-1834-CN
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-AV51
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 410; 42 CFR 412; 42 CFR 413; 42 CFR 415; 42 CFR 416; 42 CFR 419
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 3
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