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CMS Care Compare — IRFCMS Care Compare — IRF General Information (data-only)
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Tier-1 · research-only (never on individual profiles)
Data-only treatment: identity + ownership + certification_date for 1,221 Medicare-certified Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (close to the ~1,200 estimated nationally). IRF CCN is distinct from acute hospital CCN even when the IRF operates inside a hospital. Care Compare IRF IS the identity backbone (POS QIES PRVDR_CTGRY_CD=22 absent). Quality measures in companion datasets v9e4-nwhh + ka5z-ibe3 — deferred.
How this source shows up on Fonteum.
Audit-pack export continuum-completeness; IRF CCN distinction is doctrinally relevant for cross-source joins.
What this source does NOT mean
Not a directory page. IRF QRP measure overlap with hospital measures requires careful join-key handling.
Per-field display contract.
Every field below has a `display_allowed` flag in the §94 provenance schema. Write-locked fields are captured to provenance for audit but never rendered on profile pages.
Write-locked — captured to provenance, not displayed
4 fieldsWhat we can’t infer from this source.
- Data-only treatment; not surfaced on a brand-hub page.
- IRF CCN distinct from acute hospital CCN even for hospital-based IRFs.
- IRF QRP quality measures deferred (companion datasets v9e4-nwhh + ka5z-ibe3).
Authority, license, refresh cadence.
Authority
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Tier
Tier-1 · research-only (never on individual profiles)
Refresh cadence
Quarterly aligned to IRF QRP cycle.
License
U.S. government public-domain works (17 U.S.C. § 105). Attribution: 'Source: CMS Care Compare · IRF General Information (7t8x-u3ir) · Snapshot {YYYY-MM-DD}'. License ↗
Attribution requirement
Source: CMS Care Compare · IRF General Information (7t8x-u3ir) · Last checked {YYYY-MM-DD}
What the source allows.
U.S. government public-domain works. Data-only.
What a single field looks like in the graph.
A worked example. Every field surfaced from this source carries this shape of provenance line — source · last checked · display rule · confidence (when applicable).
Field
IRF count (snapshot 2026-05-07)
Sample value
1,221 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities across 52 states + territories
Provenance line
Source: CMS Care Compare · IRF General Information (7t8x-u3ir) · Snapshot 2026-05-07 · Display rule: audit-pack-only
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