Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant β Briggs Healthcare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) Quarterly Q&As, September 2021, Consolidated June 2020 to September 2021 document so that all IRF providers have the benefit of the clarifications to existing guidance. Through inquiries to the IRF Post-Acute Care (PAC) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Help Desk, CMS identifies the opportunity to clarify or refine guidance.
The Quarterly Q&A document can be accessed via the IRF-PAI and IRF QRP Manual webpage.
It can be directly accessed here. This Quarterly Q&A document is 43 pages in length.