Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2025
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2024-08-06 · Effective 2024-10-01 · 89 FR 64048
Document
Document number
2024-16907
Federal Register citation
89 FR 64048
CFR reference
42 CFR 413
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2024-08-06
Effective date
2024-10-01
HHS docket
CMS-1802-F
Abstract
This final rule finalizes changes and updates to the policies and payment rates used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2025. First, we are rebasing and revising the SNF market basket to reflect a 2022 base year. Next, we update the wage index used under the SNF PPS to reflect data collected during the most recent decennial census. Additionally, we finalize several technical revisions to the code mappings used to classify patients under the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) to improve payment and coding accuracy. This final rule also updates the requirements for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value- Based Purchasing Program. Finally, we also are revising CMS' enforcement authority for imposing civil money penalties (CMPs) and including revisions to strengthen nursing home enforcement regulations.