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Federal Register Final Rule: 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; Other Policy Changes; and Adoption of Updated Versions of Certain Health Information Technology Standards
Policy ID: FR-2026-15833Specialty: Inpatient (IPPS)Added: 8/4/2026Effective: October 1, 2026final rule
What changed
FY2027 IPPS & LTCH final rates effective Oct 1, 2026.
Who’s affected: Inpatient (IPPS) billing teams · Effective: October 1, 2026
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