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CMS Offers Training for PAC Quality Reporting

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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a web-based training course on post-acute care (PAC) quality reporting programs (QRPs) for the 2025 fiscal and calendar years.   

What else to know: The course provides an overview of key updates to PAC QRPs for all PAC settings, including inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), long-term care hospitals, skilled-nursing facilities, and home health agencies.   

In addition to discussing new, removed, and revised quality measures, the training will cover assessment guidelines and coding instructions for two new data elements addressing COVID-19 vaccination status and IRF payer status. To access the course, visit the course web page