The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released final rules for Fiscal Year 2026 for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS).
Your Academy submitted comments on all of three of these initial proposed rules in June, primarily addressing proposals related to the Quality Reporting Programs. You can find the Academy’s comments on these proposals on our Testimony and Written Comments webpage, or by clicking on these links to go directly to comments on the IRF, SNF and IPPS proposed rules.
AAPM&R is reviewing these final rules and will provide additional updates on how these new policies might impact payment for PM&R services in the coming weeks. Policies and payment finalized in these rules will take effect October 1, 2025.
For more information about these rules, please see the CMS IRF rule fact sheet, the CMS SNF rule fact sheet and the CMS IPPS final rule fact sheet. If you have any questions regarding the rules, please contact Academy staff at healthpolicy@aapmr.org.