Source: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/SNFPPS/Spotlight.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 18:19:19+00:00

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CMS-1696-CN - Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) Final Rule for FY 2019, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, and SNF Quality Reporting Program; Correction is on public display at the Office of Federal Register. The wage index file is available on the Wage Index webpage.
CMS-1696-F - Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) Final Rule for FY 2019, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, and SNF Quality Reporting Program published on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at the Office of Federal Register. The wage index file is available on the Wage Index webpage.
CMS-1696-P - Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) Proposed Rule for FY 2019, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, and SNF Quality Reporting Program; is on public display at the Office of Federal Register and will publish on May 8, 2018. The wage index file is available on the Wage Index webpage. Supplemental material related to the Patient Driven Payment Model is available on the SNF PPS Payment Model Research webpage.
CMS-1679-CN - Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2018, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, Survey Team Composition, and Correction of the Performance Period for the NHSN HCP Influenza Vaccination Immunization Reporting Measure in the ESRD QIP for PY 2020; Corrections is on public display at the Office of the Federal Register. Specifically, this document makes changes to the FY 2018 SNF PPS rate tables and wage indexes outlined and discussed in the FY 2018 SNF PPS final rule. The wage index file is available on the Wage Index web page.
CMS-1679-F - Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2018, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, Survey Team Composition, and Proposal to Correct the Performance Period for the NHSN HCP Influenza Vaccination Immunization Reporting Measure in the ESRD QIP for PY 2020; Final is on public display at the Office of the Federal Register. The wage index file is available on the Wage Index web page.
To assist stakeholders in commenting on the SNF PPS Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), we are posted a narrative discussion of the resident classification logic used under the RCS-I model discussed in the ANPRM. It can be accessed from the SNF PPS Payment Model Research webpage.
To aid stakeholders in commenting on the SNF PPS Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, we have posted a building-by-building impact analysis, which provides the estimated Medicare Part A payment impact of the RCS-I model currently under consideration for each SNF. It can be accessed here: Provider Specific Impact Analysis.
CMS-1686-N - Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities: Revisions to Case-mix Methodology; Extension of Comment Period is on public display at the Office of the Federal Register.
CMS-1686-ANPRM - Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities: Revisions to Case-mix Methodology is on public display at the Office of the Federal Register and is scheduled to publish on May 4, 2017.
CMS-1679-P - Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities Proposed Rule for FY 2018, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, Survey Team Composition, and Proposal to Correct the Performance Period for the NHSN HCP Influenza Vaccination Immunization Reporting Measure in the ESRD QIP for PY 2020 is on public display at the Office of the Federal Register and is scheduled to publish on May 4, 2017. The wage index file is available on the Wage Index web page.
CMS-1679-P - Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities Proposed Rule for FY 2018, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, Survey Team Composition, and Proposal to Correct the Performance Period for the NHSN HCP Influenza Vaccination Immunization Reporting Measure in the ESRD QIP for PY 2020 is on public display at the Office of Federal Register and publishes on Friday, August 5, 2016. The wage index file is available on the Wage Index web page.
The SNF Payment Models Research Technical Report is available for download.
The summary and presentation to the fourth SNF PPS Payment Models Technical Expert Panel (TEP) is available for download.
The summary and presentation to the third SNF PPS Payment Models Research Technical Expert Panel (TEP) is now available for download.
CMS-1645-F:Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities Proposed Rule for FY 2017, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and SNF Payment Models Research is on public display at the Office of Federal Register and publishes on Friday, August 5, 2016. The wage index file is available on the Wage Index web page.
CMS-1645-P: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities Proposed Rule for FY 2017, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and SNF Payment Models Research was published on April 25, 2016. The wage index file is available on the Wage Index web page.
The Skilled Nursing Facility Payment Models Nursing Component Technical Expert Panel Presentation and Skilled Nursing Facility Payment Models Nursing Component Technical Expert Panel Summary are available on the SNF PPS Payment Model Research webpage.
CMS-1622-CN: Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2016, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and Staffing Data Collection; Correction published on Monday, October 5, 2015 at the Office of Federal Register. The associated wage index tables are available on the Wage Index web page.
The wage index file associated with the FY 2016 SNF PPS final rule (CMS-1622-F) has been re-posted to eliminate a redundant listing at the end of the file for some CBSAs which inadvertently included proposed wage index values.
CMS-1622-F: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) for FY 2016, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and Staffing Data Collection published on August 4, 2015 at the Office of Federal Register. The associated wage index tables are available on the Wage Index web page.
Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) for FY 2016, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and Staffing Data Collection published on April 20, 2015. The associated wage index file is available on the Wage Index web page.
Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Agreement – Program Manual Clarifications (Fact Sheet). As explained in the previously-issued Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Agreement Fact Sheet (see Downloads section below), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing revised portions of the relevant program manuals used by Medicare contractors. For additional information, please see the Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Agreement – Program Manual Clarifications (Fact Sheet) in the Downloads section below. The Manual Updates to Clarify Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Home Health (HH), and Outpatient (OPT) Coverage Pursuant to Jimmo vs. Sebelius can be found in CR 8458 and in associated MLN Matters Article, MM8458.
Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Agreement (Fact Sheet) - On January 24, 2013, the U. S. District Court for the District of Vermont approved a settlement agreement in the case of Jimmo v. Sebelius. For additional information, please see the Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Agreement (Fact Sheet) in the Downloads section below.

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