CMS: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program

Notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking comments on updates to the prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year 2023. Among other things, this final rule updates the cost-to-charge ratio (CCR) ceiling and urban/rural average CCRs for FY 2023 and make revisions and updates to quality measures and reporting requirements under the IRF quality reporting program. This rule also establishes a permanent mitigation policy to smooth the impact of year-to-year changes in IRF payments related to decreases in the IRF wage index. This rule is effective October 1, 2022.
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