On July 29, 2021 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1748-F) that provides updates to and finalized proposals for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Quality Reporting Program (IRF QRP). This rule includes one new finalized measure, the COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Measure, as well as an update to the specifications for the Transfer of Health (TOH) Information to the Patient-Post-Acute Care Quality Measure. In addition, CMS finalized a modification to public reporting for the IRF QRP quality measures in order to accommodate the exception of 2020 Q1 and Q2 data.
The final rule went on display at the Federal Register and will be available at: https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection