CMS Empowers Patients and Boosts Transparency by Modernizing Hospital Payments

CMS is improving the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries while significantly reducing unnecessary spending and improving choices and hospital price transparency for Medicare beneficiaries. The CY 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System final rule (CMS-1834-FC) advances a series of patient-focused reforms that will modernize payments, expand access to care, enhance hospital accountability, and safeguard the Medicare Trust Funds from fraud, waste, and abuse.

More information:

Full press release
Final rule
Fact sheet
Hospital Price Transparency Policy Changes fact sheet

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