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CMS Increases Payments for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities and Proposes Future Health Equity Considerations to the Quality Reporting Program

On March 31, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2023 proposed Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) payment rule. The proposed rule includes the annual payment update and proposals related health equity in the IRF Quality Reporting Program. CMS released a fact sheet accompanying the rule. This proposed rule [...] Read More

CMS Increases Payments for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities and Proposes Future Considerations to the Quality Reporting Program

On April 7, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2022. CMS proposes updates related to payment and the IRF Quality Reporting Program. Comments on this proposed rule are due June 7, 2021. Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities to Get a $160m [...] Read More

CMS Increases Payments for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities and Expands Role for Non-Physician Practitioners

On August 4, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The rule finalizes provisions related to payment, documentation requirements, and use of non-physician practitioners. Provisions of this final rule are effective October 1, 2020. Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Will Get [...] Read More

CMS Estimates Payment Increase for IRFs in FY 2021 and Proposes Expanded Role for Non-Physician Practitioners

On April 16, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The rule includes proposals related to payment, documentation requirements, and use of non-physician practitioners. Comments on the proposed rule are due on June 15, 2020. Payments to Inpatient Rehabilitation [...] Read More

CMS Finalizes Updates to Payment and Quality Reporting for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities; Amends Definition of Rehab Physician for FY 2020

Tweet On July 31, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final FY 2020 inpatient rehabilitation facility payment rule. This final rule also includes updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program (QRP). Provisions of this final rule become effective October 1, 2019. IRFs Will See Payment Increase of 2.5 Percent in [...] Read More

CMS Releases Proposed Payment Rules for Multiple Care Settings, Proposes Payment Increases for Hospices and Others

This evening, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed payment rules for four settings of care: hospices, inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF), skilled nursing facilities (SNF), and inpatient psychiatric facilities. Each rule contains payment updates for the prospective payment system for each type of facility as well as update to additional policies. All […]

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