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2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment (IPPS)
Policy ID: INPATIENT-PROSPECTIVE-PAYMENT-IPPS-2026Specialty: Inpatient (IPPS)Added: 6/2/2026Effective: January 1, 2026fee schedule
What changed
2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment (IPPS) — official CMS fee schedule. Effective January 1, 2026.
Who’s affected: Inpatient (IPPS) billing teams · Effective: January 1, 2026
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