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In this review: Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2025; Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2025 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program

SNF Fact Sheet

IRF Fact Sheet

The big picture: Beginning Oct. 1, skilled nursing facilities will see a 4.2% pay increase, slightly higher than the 4.1% included in the proposed rule the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued earlier this year. In other provisions of the rule, SNFs will be subject to greater accountability and will see changes to the Quality Reporting Program.

Inpatient rehab facilities will receive a 3% increase, up from the proposed 2.8%. Other than that, there were only a few minor changes to IRF quality reporting.

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