Final rule · 2026-03578

Medicare Program; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots; Correction

This document corrects technical errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the November 25, 2025 issue of the Federal Register titled "Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; Hospital Price Transparency; and Notice of Closure of a Teaching Hospital and Opportunity To Apply for Available Slots" (hereinafter referred to as the "CY 2026 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period"). The effective date of the CY 2026 OPPS/ASC final rule with comment period was January 1, 2026.