FY 2027 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System & Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Final Rule
Published: 08/06/2026
Sources:
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care
CMS has issued a final rule for inpatient hospitals and LTCHs for FY 2027.
This final rule will revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals as follows:
- Finalized IPPS payment rate increase: 2.3%.
- Finalized LTCH standard payment rate increase: 2.3%.
- Changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals
- Updated the payment policies and the annual payment rates…