0938-AS07 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS FY 2015 Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) (CMS-1605-F)

This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2015. In addition, it adopts the most recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statistical area delineations to identify a facility's urban or rural status for the purpose of determining which set of rate tables would apply to the facility, and to determine the SNF PPS wage index including a 1-year transition with a blended wage index for all providers for FY 2015. This final rule also contains a revision to policies related to the Change of Therapy (COT) Other Medicare Required Assessment (OMRA). This final rule includes a discussion of a provision related to the Affordable Care Act involving Civil Money Penalties. Finally, this final rule includes a discussion of the SNF therapy payment research currently underway within CMS, observed trends related to therapy utilization among SNF providers and the agency's commitment to accelerating health information exchange in SNFs.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions Yes No 42 CFR 488 42 USC 1302 42 USC 1320a-7j 42 USC 1395hh Statutory Final 07/31/2014 No NPRM 05/06/2014 79 FR 25767 NPRM Comment Period End 06/30/2014 Final Action 08/05/2014 79 FR 45628 No Businesses None No No No No Bill Ullman Technical Advisor 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-5667 410 786-0765 william.ullman@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicare, MS: C5-06-27, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244