The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is sending notice to hospices and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that were determined to be out of compliance with their respective Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for CY 2023, which will affect their FY 2025 Annual Payment Update (APU).
On July 3, non-compliance notifications will be distributed by the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and were placed into CASPER folders in QIES, for Hospices and into facilities’ My Reports folders in iQIES, for SNFs. Providers that receive a letter of non-compliance may submit a request for reconsideration to CMS via email no later than 11:59 pm, August 14, 2024. Instructions to submit a request for reconsideration are available here: Hospice Request for Reconsideration and SNF Reconsideration and Exception & Extension.