Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
This final rule updates payment rates; forecast error adjustments; diagnosis code mappings; the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) parity adjustment; the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP); and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program. It also establishes a permanent cap policy to smooth the impact of year-to-year changes in SNF payments related to changes in the SNF wage index. We also announce the application of a risk adjustment for the SNF Readmission Measure for COVID-19 beginning in FY 2023. We are finalizing changes to the long-term care facility fire safety provisions referencing the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)[supreg] Life Safety Code, and Director of Food and Nutrition Services requirements.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42 CFR Parts 413 and 483 [CMS-1765-F and CMS-3347-F] RIN 0938-AU76 and 0938-AT36 AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule updates payment rates; forecast error adjustments; diagnosis code mappings; the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) parity adjustment; the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP); and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program. It also establishes a permanent cap policy to smooth the impact of year-to-year changes in SNF payments related to changes in the SNF wage index. We also announce the application of a risk adjustment for the SNF Readmission Measure for COVID-19 beginning in FY 2023. We are finalizing changes to the long-term care facility fire safety provisions referencing the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)® Life Safety Code, and Director of Food and Nutrition Services requirements. DATES: These regulations are effective on October 1, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PDPM@cms.hhs.gov for issues related to the SNF PPS. Heidi Magladry, (410) 786-6034, for information related to the skilled nursing facility quality reporting program. Alexandre Laberge, (410) 786-8625, for information related to the skilled nursing facility value-based purchasing program. Kristin Shifflett, Kristin.shifflett@cms.hhs.gov , and Cameron Ingram, Cameron.ingram@…
Citation: 87 FR 47502
