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Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program
Policy ID: 2026-06642Specialty: Inpatient Rehabilitation (IRF)Added: 6/2/2026Effective: April 6, 2026federal rule
What changed
Final Rule published 2026-04-06. This proposed rule would update the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2027. 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 202
Who’s affected: Inpatient Rehabilitation (IRF) billing teams · Effective: April 6, 2026
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