The Trump administration is floating a 2.4% pay raise for inpatient hospital’s payments for fiscal year 2026, alongside adjustments to quality reporting programs and a call for public suggestions on deregulation and promoting wellness. The bump reflects a projected hospital market basket update of 3.2%, which is reduced by a 0.8 percentage point productivity adjustment, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) explained in a Friday fact sheet on the proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS). All told, CMS said it expects the proposed updates will raise hospitals’ total payments by $4 billion.
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Source: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/cms-proposes-24-bump-inpatient-pay-fiscal-2026