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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; Correction
Policy ID: FR-2026-19946Specialty: Inpatient (IPPS)Added: 9/29/2026Effective: October 1, 2026final rule
What changed
FY2027 IPPS/LTCH final rule technical corrections effective 10/1/26.
Who’s affected: Inpatient (IPPS) billing teams · Effective: October 1, 2026
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