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Prospective payment, prospective challenge.

Margaret G Stineman1

  • 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. mstinema@mail.med.upenn.edu

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
|December 11, 2002
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The new inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system (IRF-PPS) uses case-mix groups (CMGs) based on the FIM instrument. This change impacts patients, researchers, and clinicians in rehabilitation medicine.

Area of Science:

  • Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Health Economics
  • Healthcare Policy

Background:

  • The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a new payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). This system, the IRF-PPS, is based on case-mix groups (CMGs).
  • Initially, the Minimum Data Set for Post-Acute Care was planned for patient severity measurement. However, a significant change led to the adoption of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) instrument.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the new CMGs with the existing Functional Independence Measure-Function-Related Groups (FIM-FRGs).
  • To analyze the implications of the CMG implementation for patients, researchers, and clinicians in inpatient rehabilitation.
  • To suggest strategies for adapting previous FIM-FRG research and applications to the new IRF-PPS.

Main Methods:

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  • Comparative analysis of CMG and FIM-FRG structures.
  • Discussion of the impact of the FIM instrument's use in CMGs for patient assessment.
  • Exploration of potential economic incentives and their transformative effects on inpatient rehabilitation practices.

Main Results:

  • The CMGs are now structurally similar to the FIM-FRGs, representing a significant shift from the original plan.
  • The adoption of the FIM instrument for measuring functional severity is a key change in the IRF-PPS.
  • The economic incentives within the IRF-PPS have the potential to reshape current inpatient rehabilitation practices.

Conclusions:

  • The shift to CMGs based on the FIM instrument is a major development for physical medicine and rehabilitation.
  • Understanding and adapting to the new IRF-PPS is crucial for patients, researchers, and clinicians.
  • Previous research and applications using FIM-FRGs can be adapted to address the challenges and opportunities presented by the new payment system.