CMS Issues IRF and SNF FY 2017 Final Rules
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued FY 2017 final rules for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). IRFs will receive a net payment increase of 1.9% compared to FY 2016. SNFs will receive a net payment increase of 2.4% compared to FY 2016.
Changes to the IRF Quality Reporting Program (QRP)
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (the IMPACT Act) added Section 1899B to the Social Security Act (the Act) to require that IRFs report data on measures that satisfy measure domains specified in the Act. Section 1899B also requires that these measures be aligned with measures implemented for Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs), IRFs, Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), and Home Health Agencies (HHAs). This final rule adopts three measures to meet the resource use and other measure domains and one measure to satisfy the domain of medication reconciliation. IRFs that fail to submit the required quality data to CMS will be subject to a 2 percentage point reduction to their applicable FY annual increase factor.
Changes to the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP)
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (the IMPACT Act) added Section 1899B to the Social Security Act that requires SNFs to report data on measures that satisfy measure domains specified in the Act. Section 1899B also requires that these measures be aligned with measures implemented for Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, SNFs, and Home Health Agencies (HHAs). This final rule adopts three measures to meet the resource use and other measure domains and one measure to satisfy the domain of medication reconciliation. SNFs that fail to submit the required quality data to CMS will be subject to a 2 percentage point reduction to the annual market basket percentage update factor for fiscal years beginning with FY 2018.
To access the IRF final rule, click HERE. To access the SNF final rule, click HERE.
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