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March 31, 2025

CMS Issues Guidance on Improving Payment Accuracy for Physician Services in SNFs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new MLN Matters aimed at enhancing payment accuracy for physician services provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Effective July 1, 2025, these measures will address common misclassifications of Place of Service (POS) codes that ...

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April 18, 2025

CMS Announces Extension for SNF Revalidation and Medical Director Reporting to August 1

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for enrolled skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to collect and submit data on ownership, managerial, and related party information to August 1, 2025. This initiative is part of CMS' ongoing efforts to enhance transparency ...

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March 2, 2026

FY 2027 SNF VBP Program March 2026 Quarterly Reports Are Now Available

The March 2026 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).

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July 19, 2024

SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available

The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the October 2024 refresh.

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September 8, 2025

CMS Introduces SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver Under New TEAM Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released new details about the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which will run from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030. One key feature of this initiative is a waiver of the traditional Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Three-...

PALTmed In The News

April 10, 2024

‘Ladders and lattices’ provide career opportunities for CNAs

Providers would be wise to help certified nursing assistants advance in their careers, according to an article in Caring for the Ages, a publication of AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

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July 21, 2025

CMS Extends SNF Revalidation Deadline to January 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the revalidation deadline for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) from August 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026. This extension gives SNFs additional time to update and submit their Medicare enrollment information, as part of CMS’ broader effort t...

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March 1, 2024

FY 2025 SNF VBP Program March 2024 Quarterly Reports are Now Available

The March 2024 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).

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March 29, 2024

Updates to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2025

On March 28, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (CMS-1802-P) that provides updates to the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP). In this proposed rule, CMS is proposing to require SNFs to collect and submit throug...

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September 20, 2024

CMS Revalidating SNFs to Collect Data on Medical Directors, Managers, Ownership, and Other Related Information

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will revalidate enrolled skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) from October–December 2024 to collect data on ownership, managerial (e.g. medical directors), and related party information.