On Thursday, July 31, 2025, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Final Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (the Final Rule). In...more
To offset the cost of other provisions in the bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) includes significant reforms to Medicaid, Medicare, and Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits that are expected to result in...more
On April 18, 2022, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for FY 2023 (the Proposed Rule). In the Proposed Rule,...more
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