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Federal Register Final Rule: Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2025 Rates; Quality Programs Requirements; and Other Policy Changes

Policy ID: FR-2024-17021Specialty: Inpatient (IPPS)Added: 6/5/2026Effective: October 1, 2024final rule
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What changed

New Medicare inpatient payment rules effective October 2024.

Who’s affected: Inpatient (IPPS) billing teams · Effective: October 1, 2024

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