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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 2027
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on April 7, 2026. Comments closed on June 1, 2026.
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What the agency says
This rule proposes changes and updates to the policies and payment rates used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for fiscal year 2027. This proposed rule also updates the requirements for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-06674
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Published
- April 7, 2026
- Comments due
- June 1, 2026
- Dates
- To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, by June 1, 2026.
- Docket
- CMS-1843-P
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0938-AV75
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 42 CFR 413
- Topics
- Diseases; Health facilities; Medicare; Puerto Rico; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 40
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