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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

Policy ID: 2026-07203Specialty: Inpatient (IPPS)Added: 6/2/2026Effective: April 14, 2026federal rule

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Final Rule published 2026-04-14. This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital- related costs of acute care hospitals; make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provi

Who’s affected: Inpatient (IPPS) billing teams · Effective: April 14, 2026

Primary source: View the official CMS/MAC document ↗

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