AHA comments on FY 2017 proposed rule for IRF PPS

The AHA today took aim at coding guidelines for the inpatient rehabilitation facility’s “60% Rule” presumptive compliance test and quality reporting provisions in comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed IRF prospective payment system rule for fiscal year 2017. “We are seeking the inclusion of selected ICD-10-CM codes, which, under ICD-9-CM, qualified toward presumptive compliance,” wrote AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels. “In addition, we urge CMS to make several improvements to the measures proposed for the FY 2018 and FY 2020 IRF Quality Reporting Program prior to their implementation.”