Comment on CMS-2026-1256-0002

Summary: Adventist Health, a nonprofit health system, opposes several provisions of the proposed FY 2027 IPPS rule, arguing that the proposed payment rate update is insufficient to cover rising costs and that uncompensated care payment reductions threaten safety-net services. They also express concern over the expiration of specific hospital protections, the administrative burden of new quality reporting requirements, and the mandatory nature of the expanded CJR-X model.