Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System & Consolidated Billing For Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates To The Value-Based Purchasing Program For Federal Fiscal Year 2021

On April 15, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The proposed rule includes proposals to make changes to the case-mix classification code mappings used under the SNF PPS and
to make two minor revisions in the regulation text . . .