Medicare Hospital IPPS FY 2027 Rates Proposed Rule Correction
Summary
CMS corrects a typographical error in the Medicare Hospital IPPS FY 2027 proposed rule published April 14, 2026. The correction changes the public comment deadline from incorrectly stated April 10, 2026 to the correct date of June 9, 2026.
What changed
CMS published a correction to FR Doc. 2026-07203, fixing a date error in the DATES section of the Medicare Hospital IPPS FY 2027 proposed rule. The erroneous date 'April 10, 2026' has been corrected to 'June 9, 2026' as the deadline for public comments.
Hospitals and stakeholders interested in the FY 2027 IPPS proposed rule should note the corrected June 9, 2026 comment deadline and submit any feedback before 5 p.m. EDT on that date. The correction does not affect substantive policy proposals in the underlying rule.
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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 DAC@cms.hhs.gov, 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:
- 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
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