Comment on CMS-2026-1256-0002
Trinity HealthOpposeAdvocacy
Summary: Trinity Health, a large non-profit Catholic health care system, opposes several components of the proposed FY2027 IPPS rule, specifically the inadequate market basket payment update, the reduction in uncompensated care payments, and the mandatory nature of the CJR-X model. They argue that the proposed payment updates do not reflect actual inflationary costs and request retrospective adjustments, more frequent rebasing, and a delay in implementing certain mandatory quality measures and cost allocation changes.
Trinity Health appreciates the opportunity to comment on policies set forth in CMS-1849-P. The attached comments and recommendations reflect a strong interest in public policies that support better health, better care and lower costs to ensure affordable, high quality, and people-centered care for all.