Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Fiscal Year 2005

July 30, 2004 DHHS/CMS: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Fiscal Year 2005 This notice updates prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2005 as authorized under section 1886(j)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act (the Act). Section 1886(j)(5) of the Act requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register on before August 1 before each fiscal year, the classifications and weighting factors for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) case-mix groups and a description of the methodology and data used in computing the prospective payment . . .