# CMS IRF Compare Quality Evidence Scraper API (`pink_comic/cms-inpatient-rehabilitation-quality`) Actor

Search CMS Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Provider Data by CCN, provider, geography, measure, score, footnote, and dates. Export source-linked measure-level IRF Compare evidence with explicit historical-period and interpretation limits.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pink\_comic/cms-inpatient-rehabilitation-quality.md
- **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 cms irf compare quality evidence scraper api evidence items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## CMS Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Scraper API

Search the **CMS Provider Data API — Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Provider Data** dataset (`v9e4-nwhh`) and receive one source-linked row per IRF Compare measure. Use it for facility research, historical quality-measure review, and reproducible CMS evidence exports.

### Deterministic first run

Empty input uses CCN `013025` for **ENCOMPASS HEALTH LAKESHORE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL** and returns at most five rows. The expected first measures include `I_006_01_CI_LOWER`, `I_006_01_CI_UPPER`, and `I_006_01_COMP_PERF`.

```json
{}
```

Up to **$0.0101**: $0.0001 start + 5 × $0.002/item.

### Inputs

```json
{
  "ccn": "013025",
  "measureCode": "I_006_01_COMP_PERF",
  "maxResults": 1,
  "maxCandidates": 100
}
```

Also supports `providerKeyword`, two-letter `state`, `zipCode`, `county`, `scoreKeyword`, `footnotePresent`, `startMeasurementDate` / `endMeasurementDate` (`YYYY-MM-DD`), and measure-code sort direction. `maxResults` is a total response cap (1–500); `maxCandidates` bounds source scanning (up to 5,000). Apify charge limits can reduce the result cap before the CMS request. Output is persisted in batches of at most 100 items.

### Evidence model

Every run emits `FOUND`, `NO_MATCH`, or `SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE`, with dataset ID, exact official query URL, UTC retrieval time, filter/default disclosure, candidate counts, and bounds. Source score text is preserved. Numeric, comparison-text, unavailable, and suppressed scores remain distinguishable; footnotes and measurement dates are retained.

### Important limits

CMS IRF Compare measures cover specific historical measurement periods. They are **not** real-time capacity data, accreditation or licensure proof, patient-specific prognosis, a complete quality assessment, benchmark interpretation beyond CMS text, or medical advice. A no-match result applies only to the checked dataset and bounded candidate set. Review CMS measure definitions, footnotes, and current facility information before consequential use.

Source: `https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/v9e4-nwhh/0` (public, no key).

# Actor input Schema

## `ccn` (type: `string`):

Exact six-character CMS Certification Number.

## `providerKeyword` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive provider-name substring; applied within the bounded source candidate set.

## `state` (type: `string`):

Exact two-letter state code.

## `zipCode` (type: `string`):

Exact five-digit ZIP or ZIP+4.

## `county` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive county/parish substring.

## `measureCode` (type: `string`):

Exact CMS measure code, for example I\_006\_01\_COMP\_PERF.

## `scoreKeyword` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring in CMS source score text, including comparison wording.

## `footnotePresent` (type: `boolean`):

When set, require a substantive CMS footnote (true) or no substantive footnote (false).

## `startMeasurementDate` (type: `string`):

Require measure period start on or after this YYYY-MM-DD date.

## `endMeasurementDate` (type: `string`):

Require measure period end on or before this YYYY-MM-DD date.

## `sortDirection` (type: `string`):

Sort matched measure codes ascending or descending.

## `maxCandidates` (type: `integer`):

Hard bound on source rows retrieved before local text/date/footnote filtering.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Total output cap; empty/default input is capped at five rows.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "ccn": "013025",
  "sortDirection": "asc",
  "maxCandidates": 100,
  "maxResults": 5
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "ccn": "013025",
    "sortDirection": "asc",
    "maxCandidates": 100,
    "maxResults": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/cms-inpatient-rehabilitation-quality").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "ccn": "013025",
    "sortDirection": "asc",
    "maxCandidates": 100,
    "maxResults": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pink_comic/cms-inpatient-rehabilitation-quality").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "ccn": "013025",
  "sortDirection": "asc",
  "maxCandidates": 100,
  "maxResults": 5
}' |
apify call pink_comic/cms-inpatient-rehabilitation-quality --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=pink_comic/cms-inpatient-rehabilitation-quality",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/EMdRJj94CbGuTQVOx/builds/i5HssSjdtZb4tUAJL/openapi.json