2026-07470: 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; Correction
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This document corrects a typographical error in the proposed rule that appeared in the April 14, 2026 Federal Register titled "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".
The agency’s own summary, as published.
The rule, in full
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Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2026)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 20397] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-07470] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42 CFR Parts 405, 412, 413, 415, 419, 495, and 512 [CMS-1849-CN] RIN 0938-AV79 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; Correction
Agency
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Action
Proposed rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Summary
This document corrects a typographical error in the proposed rule that appeared in the April 14, 2026 Federal Register titled ``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''.
Dates
April 16, 2026.
For Further Information Contact
Donald Thompson, and Michele Hudson, (410) 786-4487 or [email protected], Operating Prospective Payment, MS- DRG Relative Weights, Wage Index, Hospital Geographic Reclassifications, Graduate Medical Education, Capital Prospective Payment, Excluded Hospitals, Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payment Adjustment, Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), Medicare- Dependent Small Rural Hospital (MDH) Program, and Low-Volume Hospital Payment Adjustment.
I. Background and Summary of Errors
In FR Doc. 2026-07203 of April 14, 2026 (91 FR 19312), in the DATES section, we are correcting a typographical error stating that comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. EDT on April 10, 2026, rather than June 9, 2026. III. Correction of Errors In FR Doc. 2026-07203 of April 14, 2026 (91 FR 19312), we are making the following correction:
1. On page 19312, first column, 10th full paragraph (DATES section)
last line the date ``April 10, 2026'' is corrected to read ``June 9, 2026''. Liesl I. Fowler, Executive Secretary to the Department, Department of Health and Human Services. [FR Doc. 2026-07470 Filed 4-14-26; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 4120-01-P
What this changes
Amends 7 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 42 CFR 405 Federal Health Insurance for the Aged and Disabled
- 42 CFR 412 Prospective Payment Systems for Inpatient Hospital Services
- 42 CFR 413 Principles of Reasonable Cost Reimbursement; Payment for End-Stage Renal Disease Services; Prospectively Determined Payment Rates for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Payment for Acute Kidney Injury Dialysis
- 42 CFR 415 Services Furnished by Physicians in Providers, Supervising Physicians in Teaching Settings, and Residents in Certain Settings
- 42 CFR 419 Prospective Payment Systems for Hospital Outpatient Department Services
- 42 CFR 495 Standards for the Electronic Health Record Technology Incentive Program
- 42 CFR 512 Standard Provisions for Mandatory Innovation Center Models and Specific Provisions for Certain Models
Rulemaking docket
We haven’t pulled this rulemaking’s full docket yet.
Documents
- Full text (Federal Register) · April 16, 2026
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