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Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2026 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 5, 2025. It took effect on October 1, 2025.
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What the agency says
This final rule updates the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2026. As required by statute, this final 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 2026. It also continues the second year of the 3-year phaseout of the rural adjustment, which began in FY 2025. Additionally, the final rule includes updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-14780
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- August 5, 2025
- Takes effect
- October 1, 2025
- Dates
- These regulations are effective on October 1, 2025.
- Docket
- CMS-1829-F
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-AV48
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 412
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Health facilities; Medicare; Puerto Rico; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 47
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