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Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on April 30, 2025. Comments closed on June 10, 2025.

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What the agency says

This proposed rule would change and update policies and payment rates used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for FY 2026. This rulemaking also proposes to update the requirements for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program.

Key facts

Document number
2025-06348
Type
Proposed rule
Action
Proposed rule
Agency
Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Published
April 30, 2025
Comments due
June 10, 2025
Dates
To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, by June 30, 2025.
Docket
CMS-1827-P
Regulation ID (RIN)
0938-AV47
Code of Federal Regulations
42 CFR 413
Topics
Diseases; Health facilities; Medicare; Puerto Rico; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Significant
Yes, under Executive Order 12866
Pages
37

The document on federalregister.gov PDF

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