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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AV47 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: FY 2026 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNFs) Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing and Updates to the Value-Based Purchasing and Quality Reporting Programs (CMS-1827) 
Abstract:

This annual final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system for SNFs for fiscal year 2026.  The rule also includes updates 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.

 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 413   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1395hh    42 U.S.C 1302   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  By statute, rule must be effective by October 1 annually.  10/01/2025 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  04/30/2025  90 FR 18590   
NPRM Comment Period End  06/10/2025 
Final Action  10/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Patricia Taft
Health Insurance Specialist
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Center for Medicare, MS: C4-26-10, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-4561
Email: patricia.taft@cms.hhs.gov