AHA today expressed substantial concerns with proposed reforms to the inpatient rehabilitation facility patient assessment process and case-mix systems for fiscal year 2020 included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥� FY 2019 proposed rule for the IRF prospective payment system. 鈥淲e are concerned that these new policies rely on inaccurate data, underestimate patient severity and are otherwise not transparent 鈥� all of which could adversely impact patient access, quality and safety,鈥� AHA wrote. The association recommends that CMS continue to develop the new system in collaboration with the field instead of finalizing the proposals.

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