Inpatient Rehab Facility PPS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday, July 31, and Monday, Aug. 4, issued final rules for three post-acute care settings for fiscal year (FY) 2015.
AHA Regulatory Advisory regarding Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS: Final Rule For FY 2014
In the May 8 Federal Register, CMS published its fiscal year 2014 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system.
We are pleased to announce that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently informed the AHA that critical access hospitals (CAHs) will not be subject to the outpatient therapy cap, although the cost of outpatient therapy services provided in CAHs will accrue towards the cap, in…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rescinded interpretive guidance it issued last fall pertaining to the ordering of rehabilitation and respiratory care services under the hospital Conditions of Participation and issued new guidance enabling hospital outpatient departments to…
In the August 5 Federal Register, CMS published its fiscal year (FY) 2012 final rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF)