# Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2026
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2025-08-04 · Effective 2025-10-01 · 90 FR 37310
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-14679
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 37310
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 413
- **Publication date:** 2025-08-04
- **Effective date:** 2025-10-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-1827-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 2026. This final rule also updates the requirements for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/04/2025-14679/medicare-program-prospective-payment-system-and-consolidated-billing-for-skilled-nursing-facilities)
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