Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS

Inpatient rehabilitation facilities fulfill a critical need in the patient care continuum, helping to restore vital function and movement for patients requiring a combination of hospital care and intensive rehabilitation.

This web page provides information and resources related to inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units, with a focus on Medicare payment and related implementation issues.

Visitors to this site may also be interested in learning more about the resources and services of the AHA Constituency Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation. This special section of the membership comprises over 3,000 members that offer hospital rehabilitation, long-term acute, skilled nursing, home health, and post-acute care.

Rehabilitation Services

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Rehabilitation services are measures taken to promote optimum attainable levels of physical, cognitive, emotional, psychological, social, and economic usefulness, and thereafter to maintain the individual at the maximal functional level.

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