0938-AV02 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS FY 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNFs) Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing and Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing and Quality Reporting Programs (CMS-1779)

This annual final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system for SNFs for fiscal year 2024.  The rule also includes changes for the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) and for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program that will affect Medicare payment to SNFs.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Section 610 Review 42 CFR 411 42 CFR 413 42 CFR 488 42 CFR 489 42 U.S.C. 1395hh 42 U.S.C. 1302 Statutory Final 10/01/2023 By statute, rule must be effective by October 1 annually. Yes NPRM 04/10/2023 88 FR 21316 NPRM Comment Period End 06/05/2023 Final Action 10/00/2023 Yes Businesses Federal No Yes No Tammy Luo Health Insurance Specialist 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-4325 tammy.luo@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicare, MS: C5-06-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244