title: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated   Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, SNF Value-Based   Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and SNF Payment   Models Research. Final rule.
abstract: This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2017. In addition, it specifies a potentially preventable readmission measure for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program (SNF VBP), and implements requirements for that program, including performance standards, a scoring methodology, and a review and correction process for performance information to be made public, aimed at implementing value-based purchasing for SNFs. Additionally, this final rule includes additional polices and measures in the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP). This final rule also responds to comments on the SNF Payment Models Research (PMR) project.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018803:Models, Economic; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D020379:Risk Adjustment / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence