--- title: How the Proposed PPS Rate for 2018 IRF Services Affect Your Budget description: "The Prospective Payment System (PPS) is a reimbursement method in which a Medicare payment is made based on a predetermined, fixed amount: the PPS rate. Di" image: https://www.medcomsolutions.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/pps-rate-600x400.jpg --- - [Home](https://www.medcomsolutions.com) - [Blog](https://www.medcomsolutions.com/blog) - How the Proposed PPS Rate for 2018 IRF Services Affect Your Budget **July 1, 2017** # How the Proposed PPS Rate for 2018 IRF Services Affect Your Budget - [** ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.medcomsolutions.com/blog/pps-rate-2018) - [** ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://www.medcomsolutions.com/blog/pps-rate-2018&url=https://www.medcomsolutions.com/blog/pps-rate-2018&source=tweetbutton&text=%3Cspan+id%3D%22hs_cos_wrapper_name%22+class%3D%22hs_cos_wrapper+hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field+hs_cos_wrapper_type_text%22+style%3D%22%22+data-hs-cos-general-type%3D%22meta_field%22+data-hs-cos-type%3D%22text%22+%3EHow+the+Proposed+PPS+Rate+for+2018+IRF+Services+Affect+Your+Budget%3C%2Fspan%3E) - [** ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.medcomsolutions.com/blog/pps-rate-2018) ![How the Proposed PPS Rate for 2018 IRF Services Affect Your Budget](https://www.medcomsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/pps-rate-600x400.jpg?length=940&name=pps-rate-600x400.jpg) The Prospective Payment System (PPS) is a reimbursement method in which a Medicare payment is made based on a predetermined, fixed amount: the PPS rate. Different Prospective Payment Systems are used for reimbursement to different services. A proposed rule that would establish FY 2018 Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) rates for inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) services was recently published by the CMS. If adopted, IRF PPS payments would increase by 1.0% overall for fiscal year 2018 compared to 2017. [Read more about the PPS Rate for 2018 IRF Services](http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4303eed7-90ce-424a-837b-94f2766139a2http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4303eed7-90ce-424a-837b-94f2766139a2) ### Why it matters It is important for our clients to understand changes that will be made to their Medicare payments and how that will impact their budget. Also, it is extremely important to be informed on what penalties exist for failure to comply with reporting requirements. 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