# Federal Register 2026-19946 — effective 2026-10-01 — 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; Correction — Office of the Secretary

For Federal Register 2026-19946, effective date is 2026-10-01; agency is Office of the Secretary; published is 2026-09-29; 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; dates, as printed is This correction is effective October 1, 2026, recorded from its source on 2026-10-05; source re-checked 2026-11-06.

- **FR document number:** 2026-19946 _(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; Correction _(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:** This correction is effective October 1, 2026. _(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:** 2026-09-29 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

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Last verified: 2026-11-06. Review by: 2026-11-16.
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