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Fact Sheet: Viable Unified Post-acute Care Payment Model Not Possible Under Current Approach
The unified post-acute care (PAC) payment system required by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care
Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 is not on track to protect access to medically necessary PAC services.
Fact Sheet: Reset IMPACT Act to Account for COVID-19 Lessons on Post-acute Care
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 was enacted, in part, to develop a unified payment model for the post-acute care (PAC) field, recognizing that payment needed to be modernized for the four PAC settings – home health (HH) agencies, skilled nursing facilities (SNF), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF), and long-term care hospitals (LTCH). However, the legislation could not account for the transformative changes implemented to the existing PAC payment systems following its passage.
Fact Sheet: Post-acute Care
Congress and CMS have set in motion an ambitious plan to significantly reform post-acute care, which includes long-term care hospitals (LTCH), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF), skilled nursing facilities SNF) and home health (HH) agencies.
Fact Sheet: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities – A Unique and Critical Service
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) serve a unique and valuable role within the Medicare program by treating patients who require hospital-level care in conjunction with intensive rehabilitation.
Fact Sheet: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs)
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) have faced significant scrutiny from Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in recent years, which has led to multiple interv