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CMS Releases Post-Acute Care, Psych Payment Final Rules

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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS), skilled-nursing facility (SNF) PPS, inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) PPS, and hospice wage index final rules. 

What else to know: The policy and payment provisions in the final rules will be effective for FFY 2025 discharges, beginning Oct. 1.   

Additional information for each final rule is available in a CMS fact sheet: 

CHA is reviewing the regulations and will provide details in the coming weeks.