Inpatient rehabilitation facilities get a 2.6% payment increase in 2026 based on a final rule released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The rate reflects a 3.3% market basket update, ...

On July 31, 2024, CMS published a final rule updating the Medicare rates and policies applicable to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) under the IRF Prospective Payment System (PPS) and the ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a 2.6% payment rate increase for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in 2026. The 2.6% is based on a market basket update of 3.4%, less a ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a 2.6 percent payment increase for Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and a 2.7 percent increase for Long-Term ...

The inpatient pay raise reflects a market basket increase of 3.3%, reduced by a 0.7 percentage point productivity adjustment, according to a CMS fact sheet on the final rule. The rule also includes ...

CMS is proposing to modify several hospital quality measures and remove four others, including those focused on health equity and social drivers of health. The agency outlined the changes April 11 as ...

Medicare Advantage plans’ varied interpretations of skilled nursing rules that apply to all beneficiaries in traditional Medicare could complicate federal regulators’ efforts to collect more quality ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- The Riverside Premier Rehabilitation and Healing Center, Manhattan’s premier provider of subacute rehabilitation and skilled ...

CMS’ Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program was designed to pay hospitals a higher annual update to their payment rates for successfully reporting and meeting designated quality measures. In ...