05/04/16
CMS Releases IRF FY 2017 Proposed Rule
On April 21, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released FY 2017 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) proposed rule. In the proposed rule, CMS is proposing to increase IRF payment by 1.45% in FY 2017 compared to FY 2016. Beginning in FY 2014, any IRF that does not submit the required data to CMS receives a 2.0 percentage point decrease in its annual increase factor for payments under the IRF PPS. The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act) requires the continued specification of quality measures, as well as resource use and other measures, for
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