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B-333478
August 10, 2021
The Honorable Ron Wyden
Chairman
The Honorable Mike Crapo
Ranking Member
Committee on Finance
United States Senate
The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr.
Chairman
The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Ranking Member
Committee on Energy and Commerce
House of Representatives
The Honorable Richard Neal
Chairman
The Honorable Kevin Brady
Ranking Member
Committee on Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective
Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2022 and Updates to the IRF Quality
Reporting Program; Payment for Complex Rehabilitative Wheelchairs and
Related Accessories (Including Seating Systems) and Seat and Back
Cushions Furnished in Connection with Such Wheelchairs
Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule
promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) entitled Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2022 and Updates to the IRF Quality
Reporting Program; Payment for Complex Rehabilitative Wheelchairs and Related Accessories
(Including Seating Systems) and Seat and Back Cushions Furnished in Connection with Such
Wheelchairs (RIN: 0938-AU38; 0938-AT21; 0938-AU17). We received the rule on August 2,
2021. It was published in the Federal Register as final rule on August 4, 2021. 86 Fed.
Reg. 42362. The effective date is October 1, 2021.
The final rule, according to CMS, updates the prospective payment rates for inpatient
rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2022. CMS stated that the 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

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