Health and Human Services Department Proposed Rule

2020-07875: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2021

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Summary

This proposed rule 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. This proposed rule also includes a proposal to adopt the recent revisions in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statistical area delineations. The proposed rule also includes proposals for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program that affects Medicare payment to SNFs.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 2 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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