On July 31, CMS released a final rule that will increase Medicare payments to Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) by an estimated 2.3 percent, or $170 million, in Fiscal Year 2014. The final rule also clarifies coverage requirements for inpatient rehabilitation services and revises the list of diagnosis codes that are used to determine presumptive compliance under the “60 percent rule.”
To read the final rule, click here.
Reporter, Lauren Slive, Atlanta, +1 404 572 3592, lslive@kslaw.com.
