CMS FY 2026 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Final Rule

Published: 08/12/2025

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serviced (CMS) has released the Fiscal Year 2026 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Final Rule outlining key updates to Medicare payment rates, quality reporting programs, and policy changes affecting inpatient and long-term care hospitals.

This annual rule update includes payment rate updates, revisions to hospital quality and interoperability programs, and the phase

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