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Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2022 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program
Part II
Proposed Rules
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This proposed rule would update the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2022. As required by statute, this proposed rule includes the classification and weighting factors for the IRF prospective payment system's case-mix groups and a description of the methodologies and data used in computing the prospective payment rates for FY 2022. In addition, this proposed rule includes proposals for the IRF Quality Reporting Program (QRP).
86 FR 19086
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
2021-06-07
CMS-1748-P
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2021-07343
Proposed rule.
This proposed rule would update the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2022. As required by statute, this proposed rule includes the classification and weighting factors for the IRF prospective payment system's case-mix groups and a description of the methodologies and data used in computing the prospective payment rates for FY 2022. In addition, this proposed rule includes proposals for the IRF Quality Reporting Program (QRP).
To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 7, 2021.
Gwendolyn Johnson, (410) 786-6954, for general information.
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