Skilled Nursing Facility PPS

In addition to the annual payment update required by law, the rule finalized a substantial behavioral offset that CMS states is intended to ensure the budget neutral implementation of the new PDPM case-mix system.

Comments to CMS on its CY 2023 Proposed Skilled Nursing Facility PPS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 8 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2023 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2023 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS). Of importance to hospitals are policies including a proposed payment update and budget neutrality adjustment.

The rule would decrease aggregate Medicare spending by $320 million compared with FY 2022. 

Southwestern Vermont Health Care. Bennington, Vermont (SVHC) partners with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and is an integrated non-profit health system that includes a 99-bed hospital, 25 primary care and specialty care practices, and two nursing homes.

This Regulatory Advisory summarizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ fiscal year 2022 final rules and policy changes for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system.

AHA raises “substantial concerns” with the prototype payment model that the Centers for Medicare…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 29 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2022 final rules for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) and skilled-nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment systems (PPS).

AHA's comments on the CMS’ fiscal year 2022 proposed rule on the SNF prospective payment system.