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(Aug. 8, 2025) – CMS Issues FY 2026 Final Medicare Hospice, IRF and IPF PPS Payment and Policy Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released federal fiscal year 2026 Medicare hospice, inpatient rehabilitation and inpatient psychiatric prospective payment system proposed payment and policy updates.

CMS Issues FY 2026 Final SNF PPS Final Payment and Policy Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released federal fiscal year 2026 Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system final payment and policy updates. 

CMS Issues FY 2026 Final Medicare Inpatient PPS, LTCH PPS Payment and Policy Updates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released federal fiscal year 2026 Medicare short-term acute inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment system final payment and policy updates.

MLN Connects Provider eNews Available
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following updates to MLN Connects Provider eNews:

• Laboratories: Switch to Electronic Fee Coupons & CLIA Certificates
• Improve Your Search Results for CMS Content

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• The Suicide Prevention Resource Center released the Suicide Risk Assessment Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to help clinicians conduct an effective suicide risk assessment and includes several additional resources, such as a resource guide, clinical practice scripts and steps for limiting liability.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a COCA Call: Clinician Update on Measles Cases and Outbreaks in the United States at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14. The call will discuss the current state of measles outbreaks and cases in the U.S. and address common concerns about prevention, identification and testing.