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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; Correction

Policy ID: 2026-10276Specialty: Inpatient (IPPS)Added: 6/2/2026Effective: May 22, 2026federal rule

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What changed

Final Rule published 2026-05-22. This document corrects technical and typographical errors in the proposed rule that appeared in the April 14, 2026 Federal Register titled "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

Who’s affected: Inpatient (IPPS) billing teams · Effective: May 22, 2026

Primary source: View the official CMS/MAC document ↗

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