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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; Correction

Policy ID: FR-2024-22501Specialty: Inpatient (IPPS)Added: 6/5/2026Effective: October 1, 2024final rule
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What changed

Corrections made to 2025 hospital payment rule, minimal impact.

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

Primary source: View the official CMS/MAC document ↗

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