The new payment rule posted Monday by CMS has skilled nursing facilities obtaining a 1% federal payment rise; an increase of $370 million.
This increase is for all post-acute providers and was mandated by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The new rule also finalizes the proposed updates to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and replaces the current pressure ulcer measure with four new functional status measures which are change in self-care score, change in mobility score, discharge self-care score and discharge mobility score. These new updates will take effect in FY 2020.
Additional information is available at:
- Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System
- Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program
- Skilled Nursing Facility Value Based Purchasing