Medicare’s prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities
In most situations, for a facility to be defined as an LTCH, the lengths of stay of its Medicare patients must be at least how long? In Medicare’s prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities, what classification is used to adjust for case mix? What is the term used in a rehabilitation facility to mean “a patient’s ability to perform activities of daily living”? What tool, that drives payment, is used to collect information about Medicare patients in the IRF PPS? What tool does CMS require that home health agencies use to collect and report clinical data on patients?
