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).

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