Here are three key takeaways from the final rule:
1. The Medicare payment rate for inpatient rehabilitation facilities will increase by 2.4 percent in 2021 compared to this year. CMS estimates that total payments will increase by $260 million next year.
2. CMS eliminated the requirement for physicians to conduct a post-admission visit during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The final rule permanently eliminates the requirement.
3. Under the final rule, a non-physician practitioner may perform one of three required visits in the second and later weeks of a patient’s care. CMS said it finalized this change “in recognition of the interdisciplinary role that non-physician practitioners are currently performing with patients in the IRF.”
Access the final rule here.
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