Skilled Nursing Facilities Final FY 2020 Payment and Policy Changes Rule Released

August 1, 2019
Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

On July 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for FY 2020 Medicare payment rates and quality programs for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). CMS projects aggregate payments to SNFs will increase by $851 million, or 2.4%, for FY 2020 compared to FY 2019. This estimated increase is attributable to a 2.8% market basket increase factor with a 0.4 percentage point reduction for the multifactor productivity adjustment.

The final rule also includes:

  • Payment policy
  • Sub-regulatory process for ICD-10 code revisions
  • Align group therapy definitions with other post-acute care settings
  • SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program policy changes
  • SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP)

For More Information:

See the full CMS Fact Sheet.