The CMS Thursday proposed to increase Medicare payments to inpatient rehabilitation facilities by 2.9%, or $270 million, in 2021. That figure is based on an estimated 2.5% increase factor plus a 0.4% boost in aggregate payments to peg outlier payments at 3.0% of total payments. The agency also suggested applying a 5% cap on wage index decreases from fiscal year 2020 to 2021, as per the Office of Management and Budget’s statistical area delineations. Under the proposed rule, non-physician clinicians would be allowed to perform service and documentation tasks currently limited to rehabilitation physicians so long as they are within the practitioners’ scope of practice. There aren’t any proposed changes to the IRF quality reporting program for next year.
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Source: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/payment/cms-wants-boost-inpatient-rehab-payments-29-2021