CMS To Cut Nursing Home Payments By 4.6%

For 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to cut Medicare nursing home payments by 4.6% to adjust for unintentional overpayments in the transition to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM). Net Medicare Part A payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) will decline by $320 million. This will be in addition to SNF-value-based purchasing reductions estimated at $186 million to certain SNFs.

Comments on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS 1765-P) will be accepted through June 10, 2022. In addition to the proposed updates to . . .