WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule called: Medicare Program; FY 2026 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on April 30 by Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
Summary: This rulemaking proposes to update the prospective payment rates, the outlier threshold, and the wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs), which include psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or critical access hospital. This rulemaking also proposes to revise the payment adjustment factors for...