Comment on CMS-2026-1916-0001
Utah Hospital AssociationOpposeTrade association
Summary: The Utah Hospital Association opposes the proposed rule, arguing that the mandated claim-level Medicare repricing and restructuring of State Directed Payments (SDPs) impose excessive administrative burdens and threaten the financial stability of health systems. They recommend that CMS allow more flexible methodologies, such as cost report and UPL approaches, and preserve existing provider-class flexibilities and uniform rate increase SDPs.
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