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      <title>CMS: Medicare Program; FY 2027 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update; Correction</title>
      <link>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/01/2026-20134/medicare-program-fy-2027-inpatient-psychiatric-facilities-prospective-payment-system-rate-update</link>
      <description>Notice from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services making technical corrections to the &lt;a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/31/2026-15588/medicare-program-fy-2027-inpatient-psychiatric-facilities-prospective-payment-system-rate-update"&gt;July 31, 2026, final rule&lt;/a&gt;. This correction is effective October 1, 2026.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>CMS: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program; Correction</title>
      <link>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/01/2026-20131/medicare-program-inpatient-rehabilitation-facility-prospective-payment-system-for-federal-fiscal</link>
      <description>Notice from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services making technical corrections to the &lt;a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/03/2026-15652/medicare-program-inpatient-rehabilitation-facility-prospective-payment-system-for-federal-fiscal"&gt;August 3, 2026, final rule&lt;/a&gt;. This correction is effective October 1, 2026.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>CMS: 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; Other Policy Changes; and Adoption of Updated Versions of Certain Health Information Technology Standards; Correction</title>
      <link>https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/29/2026-19946/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-ipps-and</link>
      <description>Notice from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services making technical and typographical corrections to the &lt;a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/04/2026-15833/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-ipps-and"&gt;August 4, 2026, final rule&lt;/a&gt;. These corrections are effective October 1, 2026.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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