# 2026-15833 — Federal rules taking effect: every published US final rule whose effective date is still in the future

For 2026-15833, rule is Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; Other Policy Changes; and Adoption of Updated Versions of Certain Health Information Technology Standards; agency is Office of the Secretary; effective date is 2026-10-01; dates, as printed is These regulations are effective on October 1, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of October 1, 2026. The incorporation of reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of October 1, 2025; cfr parts amended is 42 CFR 405, 42 CFR 412, 42 CFR 413, 42 CFR 415, 42 CFR 419, 42 CFR 495, 42 CFR 512, 45 CFR 170, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **FR document number:** 2026-15833 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; Other Policy Changes; and Adoption of Updated Versions of Certain Health Information Technology Standards _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Office of the Secretary _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-10-01 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** These regulations are effective on October 1, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of October 1, 2026. The incorporation of reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of October 1, 2025. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 42 CFR 405, 42 CFR 412, 42 CFR 413, 42 CFR 415, 42 CFR 419, 42 CFR 495, 42 CFR 512, 45 CFR 170 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-08-04 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-11&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2026-08-24.
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