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Federal Register Final Rule: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2025

Policy ID: FR-2024-16907Specialty: Skilled Nursing FacilityAdded: 6/5/2026Effective: October 1, 2024final rule
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What changed

Updates to SNF PPS improve payment and coding accuracy in 2025.

Who’s affected: Skilled Nursing Facility billing teams · Effective: October 1, 2024

Primary source: View the official CMS/MAC document ↗

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Federal Register Final Rule: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2025