# Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2016
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2015-08-06 · Effective 2015-10-01 · 80 FR 47036
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-18973
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 47036
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 412
- **Publication date:** 2015-08-06
- **Effective date:** 2015-10-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-1624-F
## Abstract

This final rule updates the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for federal fiscal year (FY) 2016 as required by the statute. As required by section 1886(j)(5) of the Act, this rule includes the classification and weighting factors for the IRF PPS's case-mix groups and a description of the methodologies and data used in computing the prospective payment rates for FY 2016. This final rule also finalizes policy changes, including the adoption of an IRF-specific market basket that reflects the cost structures of only IRF providers, a 1-year phase-in of the revised wage index changes, a 3-year phase-out of the rural adjustment for certain IRFs, and revisions and updates to the quality reporting program (QRP).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/08/06/2015-18973/medicare-program-inpatient-rehabilitation-facility-prospective-payment-system-for-federal-fiscal)
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