Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
This document corrects technical errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the November 25, 2025 issue of the Federal Register titled "Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots" (hereinafter referred to as the "CY 2026 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period"). The effective date of the CY 2026 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period was January 1, 2026.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42 CFR Parts 410, 412, 413, 415, 416, and 419 [CMS-1834-CN] RIN 0938-AV51 ( printed page 8383) AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Final rule with comment period; correction. SUMMARY: This document corrects technical errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the November 25, 2025 issue of the Federal Register titled “Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots” (hereinafter referred to as the “CY 2026 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period”). The effective date of the CY 2026 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period was January 1, 2026. DATES: Effective February 23, 2026. Applicability Date: This correcting document is applicable to January 1, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For OPPS/ASC related questions, contact Gina Aughenbaugh via email at OutpatientPPS@cms.hhs.gov or (410) 786-7756. For OPPS Addenda questions, contact Marina Kushnirova via email at Marina.Kushnirova@cms.hhs.gov . For ASC Addenda questions, contact Scott Talaga via email at Scott.Talaga@cms.hhs.gov . For New Technology APC questions, contact Nicole Mar…
Citation: 91 FR 8383
