May 1, 2025
CMS Proposes Revision to FY 2026 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System – Comment by June 10
This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for
- operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals;
- make changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals;
- update the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs);
- update and make changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and
- make other policy-related changes.
To be assured consideration, comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. EDT on June 10, 2025.
In commenting, please refer to file code CMS-1833-P. Because of staff and resource limitations, comments cannot be accepted by facsimile transmission.
Comments, including mass comment submissions, must be submitted in one of the following ways:
- Electronically – You may submit electronic comments on this regulation to: https://www.regulations.gov.
- Regular Mail – You may mail written comments to the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-1833-P, PO Box 8013, Baltimore, MD 21244-8013.
- Be sure to allow sufficient time for mailed comments to be received before the close of the comment period.
- Express or Overnight Mail – You may send written comments vi express or overnight mail to the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-1833-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
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