WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Citizens Memorial Hospital District, Bolivar, Missouri, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the FY 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule. The hospital outlined several concerns and recommendations related to the proposed Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded Model (CJR-X), inpatient payment updates, and the inclusion of Medicare Advantage (MA) claims in quality measures. The hospital expressed apprehension about the mandato more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Commerce Bancshares of Kansas City, Missouri, a regional bank holding company with $35.7 billion in assets and banking locations across the Midwest including Illinois, has addressed concerns to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regarding the National Bank Non-Interest Charges and Fees Interim Final Rule. The bank praised the interim final rule for clarifying national banks' authority to charge fees regardless of who sets them and urged the OCC to codify it into a final rule. Commerce strongly supports the Amer more ST

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The National Rural Health Association, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the agency's proposed rule on the Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and related policies for fiscal year 2027. The organization emphasized the persistent challenges and disparities facing rural hospitals amid proposed payment system adjustments. The association expressed ongoing concern about the annual recalibration of more ST

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Oracle Health and Life Sciences, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The response addresses the CMS Medicare Program proposals regarding Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for acute care hospitals, fiscal year 2027 rates, quality program requirements, and other policy changes, which were published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2026. Oracle Healt more ST

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Phelps Health, based in Rolla, Missouri, issued a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expressing concerns about the agency's proposed updates to the fiscal year 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and related policy changes. The health system emphasized the distinctive challenges faced by rural Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs) and urged CMS to reconsider provisions that may negatively impact these facilities. Phelps Health highlighted that rural SCHs provide essential inpatie more ST