CMS issued a proposed rule outlining proposed FY 2019 Medicare payment updates and proposed quality program changes for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs).
Proposed Rule Details:
- Advancing My HealthEData: Request for Information from stakeholders
- Modernizing the SNF Prospective Payment System (PPS) Case-mix Classification System
- SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP)
- SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program (VBP)
- Payment rate changes under SNF PPS
See the full text of this excerpted CMS Fact Sheet (issued April 27).