# Medicare Program; FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements; Correction
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule; correction. · Published 2025-09-04 · Effective 2025-10-01 · 90 FR 42709
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-16960
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 42709
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 418
- **Publication date:** 2025-09-04
- **Effective date:** 2025-10-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-1835-CN
## Abstract

This document corrects typographical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 5, 2025 Federal Register titled "Medicare Program; FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements" (hereinafter referred to as the "FY 2026 Hospice final rule"). The effective date of the FY 2026 Hospice final rule is October 1, 2025.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/04/2025-16960/medicare-program-fy-2026-hospice-wage-index-and-payment-rate-update-and-hospice-quality-reporting)
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