Skilled Nursing Facility Value Based Purchasing Proposed Rule

As we wrote about in our feature article for the April 2015 CMSCG Bulletin, “CMS Places Quality Improvement at the Forefront of its Initiatives,” a SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program is becoming reality. A new S&C letter has been published that provides some information on the newly proposed rule, in addition to information on SNF FY2016 payments and quality reporting requirements.
Last week, the SNF Open Door Forum provided an overview of the SNF VBP program and noted that the comment ...