Rehab Nursing Essentials: Live Webinar: CMS and IRF-PAI Updates

This is a LIVE webinar. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, November 12th at 1PM CT, and will be about 1 hour in length. You will need to watch the webinar, receive a 80% or higher passing grade on a quiz, and then complete an evaluation to receive your certificate and complete this course.

This webinar will review the changes to CMS payment rules for fiscal year 2026 impacting Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF) and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). 

 

 

Learning Objectives

 

  • Understand the changes to the inpatient rehabilitation facility patient assessment instrument for fiscal year 2026. 
  • Understand how the IRF final rule impacts payment to IRF's in fiscal year 2026. 
  • Understand the changes to the skilled nursing facility minimum data set for fiscal year 2026 
  • Understand how the SNF final rule impacts payment to SNF's in fiscal year 2026. 
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 CNE
    ANCC The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Publication date: 
09/17/2025
Purchase deadline: 
11/12/2028
Member cost:
$0.00
Non-member cost:
$39.00
Cost:
$39.00
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Michele Cournan, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, FNP, CRRN, FARN has been a rehabilitation nurse for over 25 years with experience in acute rehabilitation and academia. She recently retired as the Director of Quality Improvement at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital and the Director of Quality/Risk at Ellis Medicine. She also has a private business as a legal nurse consultant and has had multiple nursing faculty positions both in-person and virtually in LPN, RN, RN to BSN, MSN, NP, and DNP programs. She has published several articles and textbook chapters and has presented at national conferences many times over the past 20 years. Michele was the President of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) and was the past Chair of the ARN Health Policy Committee. She was one of two nurses to serve on the World Health Organization’s Rehabilitation 2030 campaign. She is a Fellow of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses. Her focus is on fall and pressure injury prevention and function of those with impairments in the least restrictive setting possible.

 

 

 

 

 

Notice of requirements to receive contact hours: 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours will be awarded for individuals who participate in the full activity and complete the post-evaluation for the activity. The ability to view or accept credit for this product expires on 11/12/2028. 

The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 CNE
    ANCC The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Price

Member cost:
$0.00
Non-member cost:
$39.00
Cost:
$39.00
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