Inpatient Rehab Facility PPS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 6 published in the Federal Register the inpatient rehabilitation facility \(IRF\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2010.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) in the August 8 Federal Register published the inpatient rehabilitation facility \(IRF\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) final rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009.
CMS on April 25 in the Federal Register published the inpatient rehabilitation facility \(IRF\) prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. In addition to standard annual updates, the rule would implement the following IRF provisions authorized by Congress in the 2007…
Updated on March 18, 2016
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AHA Regulatory Advisory: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS: Proposed Rule for FY 2014 (June 6, 2013)
On May 7, CMS published the long-awaited final 75% Rule, which sets conditions an inpatient rehabilitation facility \(IRF\) must meet to qualify for reimbursement as an IRF under Medicare. The rule maintains nine of the original ")HCFA 10") qualifying diagnoses and replaces the old polyarthritis…
On September 9, CMS published a proposed rule concerning the 20-year-old 75% Rule for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities \(IRF\). Unfortunately, the agency ignored the concerns of the field by failing to modernize the 75% Rule. The attached Advisory highlights our main critiques of the proposed…