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A free scan shows the junk files, broken settings and background clutter dragging Windows down - then fixes them in one click.Free scan · Windows 10 & 11CMS corrected the FY 2027 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rates effective October 1, 2026. The corrected federal per-diem base rate is $912.13, or $894.29 for providers that fail to report required quality data. The correction repairs technical calculations and typographical errors in the annual final rule; CMS says it does not change the adopted payment policies or methodology.
Corrected FY 2027 IPF payment amounts
The October 1 correction notice replaces figures published in CMS’s July 31, 2026 final rule. The amounts below apply under the FY 2027 IPF PPS for discharges from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.
| Payment figure | Corrected amount | Amount replaced |
|---|---|---|
| Federal per-diem base rate | $912.13 | $912.40 |
| Federal per-diem base rate, providers failing quality-data reporting | $894.29 | $894.56 |
| Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), per treatment | $688.38 | $688.59 |
| ECT, per treatment, providers failing quality-data reporting | $674.93 | $675.13 |
| Wage-index budget neutrality factor | 0.9986 | 0.9989 |
These are federal rate components, not a prediction of a particular facility’s payment. IPF PPS payments also reflect applicable patient and facility adjustments.
What CMS corrected—and what it did not
CMS found a technical error in calculating FY 2027 IPF wage indexes. Recalculation changed the wage index for one provider in Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) 25620, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. That recalculation also changed the wage-index budget neutrality factor, affecting rates and requiring corrected payment-impact calculations in Table 16.
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The notice also fixes a Poisoning comorbidity-code count from 10 to 20, changes the qualifying emergency department adjustment factor from 1.27 to 1.28, adds an omitted footnote, and replaces Table 16.
CMS describes the notice as a technical correction, not a new payment-policy decision: “The corrections contained in this document are consistent with, and do not make substantive changes to, the policies and payment methodologies that were proposed, subject to notice and comment procedures, and adopted in the FY 2027 IPF PPS final rule.” Read the CMS-1847-CN correction notice for the revised regulatory figures and tables.
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How to read the corrected payment-impact estimates
Corrected Table 16 estimates an overall 2.3% total payment change for 1,336 facilities. CMS reports different estimated changes for facility categories:
| Facility category | Estimated total payment change |
|---|---|
| All facilities | 2.3% |
| Total urban facilities | 2.2% |
| Total rural facilities | 2.7% |
| Urban psychiatric hospitals | 1.8% |
| Urban IPF units | 2.6% |
These are group estimates, not guaranteed increases for every facility. Actual payment depends on factors such as wage index, patient characteristics, rural status, teaching status, qualifying emergency department status, ownership, and region. A facility’s exact payment cannot be inferred from the overall percentage alone.
How the annual IPF PPS update fits in
The correction is separate from the broader FY 2027 final rule. That rule updates rates by 2.3%, reflecting a 3.2% increase in the 2021-based IPF market basket less a 0.9 percentage-point productivity adjustment. CMS projected aggregate IPF payments would rise by $60 million compared with FY 2026. Those are estimates and context from the annual rule, not additional changes created by the correction notice. CMS’s FY 2027 IPF PPS fact sheet summarizes the annual update.
The IPF PPS starts with a standardized federal per-diem rate and adjusts it for patient and facility characteristics. Patient adjustments include age, specified medical severity diagnosis-related groups, and selected comorbidity categories. Facility adjustments include wage index, rural location, teaching status, a qualifying emergency department, and a cost-of-living adjustment for Alaska and Hawaii. The system also provides outlier payments for extraordinarily high-cost patients and an additional payment for each ECT treatment. CMS explains the program on its IPF PPS program page.
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Where to find the operative rates and tables
For payment operations, use CMS’s corrected materials and current tables rather than relying on a secondary article or an uncorrected reproduction of the July rule. CMS says the updated wage-index and related IPF PPS materials are available through its program resources.
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- CMS IPF PPS regulations and notices lists the correction and underlying final rule.
- The FY 2027 final rule on GovInfo provides the underlying rule text; use it alongside the correction notice.
- CMS’s IPF PPS page links to program tools and worksheets.
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