CMS recently published the FY 2026 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) Final Rule which finalized changes to the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) program. All IPFs, which include psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or critical access hospital, paid under the IPF PPS must meet IPFQR reporting requirements. For the full text of the final rule, see the Federal Register.

CMS recently published the FY 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule which finalized several changes to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and Medicare Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program for eligible hospitals (EHs) and critical access hospitals (CAHs). For the full text of the rule, see the Federal Register.

CMS recently published the CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule which included proposals for the Quality Payment Program (QPP). CMS proposed updates to MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) and Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). For the full text of the rule, see the Federal Register.