CMS Releases FY 2023 IRF Final Rule
On July 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2023 final rule for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs). Highlights of the final rule include:
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- CMS estimates that overall IRF payments for FY 2023 will increase by 3.2% relative to payments in FY 2022
- CMS is finalizing a permanent 5% cap on annual wage index decreases to smooth year-to-year changes in providers’ wage index payments
- CMS is finalizing a policy to expand the IRF quality data reporting requirements, which currently apply to all admitted IRF patients with Medicare Part A fee-for-service (FFS) and Medicare Part C, such that IRFs will begin collecting data on all IRF patients, regardless of payer, beginning on October 1, 2024
To access the CMS Fact Sheet on the IRF FY 2023 final rule, click HERE. To access the entire final rule, click HERE.
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Hello – what does this mean? “CMS is finalizing a permanent 5% cap on annual wage index decreases to smooth year-to-year changes in providers’ wage index payments”?