On November 28, CMS published the performance of 15,000+ Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) on the 30-day all-cause hospital readmission measure required under the SNF Value-Based Payment(VBP) program showing each named SNF’s baseline (CY2015) readmission rate, CY2017 performance year readmission rate and how their Medicare fee-for-service payments will be impacted for FY2019 (a.k.a. incentive payment multiplier).

For the state of Kansas, we had 27% of the homes with a Multiplier of 1.0 or higher. 24% of Not for Profit homes had a Multiplier of 1.0 or higher. For Profit was 29%. The average Incentive Payment Multiplier for the state is .99098. Kansas ranks 40th in the nation on the Average Incentive Payment Multiplier and 30th on the Average Readmission Rate.

More resources on how the VBP Program works.

LeadingAge National has prepared an article analyzing the impact nationally here.

The Kaiser Health Network has prepared a lookup tool for individual homes.

For those who want to do a deep-dive into the data, you can find it here.

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