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Skilled Nursing Facility PPS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 31 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2026 final rule for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS).
CMS Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Final Rule for FY 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug.
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule for FY 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug. 1 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2026 final rule for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS).
CMS Releases FY 2026 Long-term Care Hospital PPS Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 31 issued a
CMS Releases FY 2026 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 31 issued its fiscal year 
CMS Releases Hospital Inpatient PPS Final Rule for Fiscal Year 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 31 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS
final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
CMS Issues Hospital Outpatient, Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Rule for CY 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 15 issued a
Hospital Outpatient, Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Rule for CY 2026
The AHA is disappointed that CMS proposes an inadequate Medicare outpatient hospital payment update, as many hospitals — especially those in rural and underserved communities — operate under challenging financial pressures.
TAKE ACTION: Engage Lawmakers in August to Build Support for Key Priorities
It is important to engage with your lawmakers while they are home and discuss the impact that the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and additional policy proposals that are under consideration will have on hospitals’ ability to provide care.
Advocacy Issue: Site-Neutral Payment Proposals
Hospitals and their associated facilities provide access to critical services that are not otherwise always available in the community and they treat patients with very severe conditions. Payment proposals that attempt to treat hospital outpatient departments the same as independent physician offices and other ambulatory sites of care ignore the very different level of care provided by hospitals and the needs of the patients and communities cared for in that setting.