April 29 Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2026 Wage Index
CMS published a Proposed Rule Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2026 wage Index April 29, 2025. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (FY Beginning from 10/1/2021 to 9/30/2022).
Hospitals will have approximately 1 month (May 30, 2025) to verify their data and submit correction requests to both CMS and their MAC to correct errors due to CMS or MAC mishandling of the final wage and occupational mix data as posted in the April 29, 2025 PUF. The PUF is available at the below link:
https://www.hfssoft.com/doc/FY26_april_PUF.20250429.S3_PUF.csv
Categories: General Information, Wage Index PUF Files