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. 

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Kylee Childs, MSW, is the Director of Government Affairs.Since joining the association in 2023, she continues to be a fierce and resourceful advocate for aging services in Kansas. Her professional focus has always been service to others through advocacy. Kylee has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a bachelor's degree in criminology with a minor in Conflict Analysis and Trauma studies from Kansas State University, and a certificate in Grant Proposal Writing from Fort Hays State University. With a professional background in law enforcement and child welfare, and a successful 2023 legislative practicum with the Children's Alliance of Kansas, she brings rich professional experience to her role as Director of Government Affairs, and a front-line perspective on the needs of health and human services providers in our state. When not working, she's spending time with her two daughters. You can reach Kylee directly at 785.670.8051.