CMS: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021

Notice of a final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updating the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year 2021. Makes changes to the case-mix classification code mappings used under the SNF PPS, adopts the most recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statistical area delineations, and makes changes to the SNF value-based purchasing (VBP) program. Includes rural considerations throughout. This rule is effective October 1, 2020.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news