Medicare corrects typos in its proposed hospital payment rules for 2026

Medicare is fixing small errors in its proposed payment rules for hospitals and long-term care facilities. These corrections are technical and typographical, not substantive changes to the rules themselves.

This document is a correction, not a new rule. It means the original proposed rule, which sets out how hospitals will be paid in 2026, is still the one to watch. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is simply cleaning up the text.