RTM enrollment and qualifying months

Build the case from sourced evidence and explicit owner requests. These are requested inputs, not measured NYU facts.

Start with the public evidence

Establish an inpatient discharge cohort and published payment exposure, then keep the remaining operating inputs explicit.

Read the cohort and post-acute analysis method

SPARCS discharge records: choose facility, year and APR cohort

TEAM participation: distinguish membership from episode eligibility

SNF, IRF and home-health payment tables: match year, geography and units

Need owner: NYU RTM operations

Eligible non-surgical patients, enrolled share, active patient-months and observed qualifying days by month. Verify the proposed 16-day threshold against code and rule year. Status: need.

Find source records and their limits

Inspect coverage evidence

Inspect published rates, not operating cost

Inspect declared needs and scope

Check a quantitative claim

Check an interpretation