CMS is finalizing its proposal to remove four SDOH standardized patient assessment data elements to reduce burden.

Inpatient rehab facilities would see a 2.8% rate hike for 2025. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also wants public input on a star rating system for these providers.

Inpatient rehabilitation facilities get a payment rate increase of 2.8% for 2025 in a proposed rule released late Wednesday. The amount is based on a proposed market basket update of 3.2%, less a ...

July 27, 2023 02:22 PM Inpatient rehab, psychiatric facilities get Medicare payment boost Lauren Berryman Reprints MH Illustration/Unsplash ...

3. CMS estimates that overall IRF payments will increase by 4 percent ($355 million) in 2024. Inpatient psychiatric facilities 4. In 2024, CMS will increase IPF payments by 2.3 percent ($70 million).

You are admitted to an inpatient rehab facility within 60 days of being discharged from a hospital. » MORE: Medicare Costs in 2025 View the original article on Healthline ...

The national ratio of Clostridium difficile infections reported by inpatient rehabilitation facilities across the U.S. between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023, was 0.408, according to data ...

RELATED: OIG: Medicare spent $5.7B on improper payments to inpatient rehab facilities As of the settlement date, the appeal must still be pending at one of the four levels of administrative appeal.

Inpatient rehabilitation facilities may be a better post-acute option for stroke patients compared with skilled nursing facilities, according to a new study. University of Texas researchers found ...

Based on a sampling of inpatient rehabilitation stays, the OIG estimated that Medicare improper payments to inpatient rehabilitation facilities totaled $5.7 billion in 2013, prompting the watchdog ...

When weighing your inpatient rehab options, consider whether the facilities have outdoor therapy areas, like this one at Sarasota Memorial. The Mobility Garden allows rehab patients to practice ...