On April 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Payment System (IPF PPS) and IPF Quality Reporting Program (QRP). The proposed rule includes a 2.6 percent increase to the prospective payment rates, updates to the outlier threshold, the case-mix-group relative weights and average length of stay values and the wage index. Under the IPF QRP, CMS proposes to remove two quality measures, and is seeking feedback with four Requests for Information (RFIs). Once finalized, updates will be effective October 1, 2025.
