September 3, 2019
Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Resources
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised theInpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Booklet, which educates IRF clinical and billing personnel on Medicare coverage and documentation requirements. In addition, CMS collaborated with the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) A/B Task Force to revise a web-based training (WBT) course titled, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs): Improving Documentation Positively Impacts CERT. This course is available through the Medicare Learning Network Learning Management System.
Additional IRF resources include:
- MLN Matters Article - MM11345
-- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update: Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Changes for FY 2020
- Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 1, Section 110
- FY 2019 IRF PPS Final Rule
- IRF Quality Reporting Program
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