When you partner with DataGen and use our Medicare fee-for-service policy analytics solution, you receive Medicare IPPS proposed rule payment briefs, along with additional essential Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) updates and materials throughout the year. DataGen provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) federal fiscal year (FFY) 2026 proposed rule for the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Overview of policies for the FFY 2026 IPPS new proposed rule The DataGen Medicare FFS policy analytics team summarized and analyzed the following policy changes in the new proposed rule: utilizing FFY 2024 Medicare Provider and Review (MedPAR) and FFY 2023 Hospital Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS) data for standard calculations; updates to the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment policies, including hospital eligibility for DSH Uncompensated Care (UCC) payments in FFY 2026 being...