The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS)
Guidance for revised to 1) manualize the IRF compliance percentage as adopted by Congress in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; 2) provide clarification with respect to the use of medical record review in determining the IRF compliance percentage; and, 3) effect new policy on the IRF compliance percentage when patients are admitted due to the declaration of a Public Health Emergency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 05, 2006
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