Medicare fixes typos in rules for hospitals, prisons, and tribal clinics

The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a document correcting minor errors in a previous rule. These changes affect how hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and facilities serving formerly incarcerated individuals and tribal communities are paid.

This document is a technical correction, not a new policy. It cleans up language in a larger rule that covers a wide range of payment and quality standards for healthcare providers. The original rule, published in November 2024, made substantive changes to how Medicare and Medicaid operate across many different settings.