Inpatient Rehab Facility PPS

Signed into law on Oct. 6, the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 expands the reporting requirements for post-acute care (PAC) providers.
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.
The AHA strongly opposes any further proposals to restrict the codes that qualify for the 60% Rule presumptive test, including those in the FY 2015 proposed rule.
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…