Skilled Nursing News May 28, 2024
As the comment period ended Tuesday for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2025, a majority of the feedback centered on the possible expansion of the agency’s authority to enforce civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for noncompliance.
In late March, CMS proposed to expand the penalties under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) so as to allow for more CMPs per instance and per day in the coming year.
About half of the more than 300 comments received were related to the change in the CMP process, while some focused on the 4.1% Medicare payment rate update itself.
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