# Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2017
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2016-08-05 · Effective 2016-10-01 · 81 FR 52056
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-18196
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 52056
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 412
- **Publication date:** 2016-08-05
- **Effective date:** 2016-10-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-1647-F
## Abstract

This final rule will update the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for federal fiscal year (FY) 2017 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 prospective payment system's (IRF PPS's) case-mix groups and a description of the methodologies and data used in computing the prospective payment rates for FY 2017. This final rule also revises and updates quality measures and reporting requirements under the IRF quality reporting program (QRP).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/05/2016-18196/medicare-program-inpatient-rehabilitation-facility-prospective-payment-system-for-federal-fiscal)
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