Comment on CMS-2026-1256-0002

Summary: The Kansas Hospital Association is submitting comments on behalf of its 124 member hospitals regarding the proposed FY 2027 Medicare IPPS and LTCH rules. The association expresses a mixed position, supporting certain residency program updates and electronic prior authorization definitions while opposing several other provisions, including the payment update magnitude, the high-cost outlier threshold increase, and the mandatory participation in the CJR-X model.