December SNF VBP Feedback Reports Available
(Dec. 17, 2024) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program on the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) for SNFs to download. These reports include FY 2022 facility-level results for the following measures:
- SNF 30-Day All-Cause Readmission
- SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections Requiring Hospitalization
- Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident Day
- Total Nursing Staff Turnover
CMS will use the results for the FY 2026 SNF VBP Program year scoring and incentive payment calculations which will take effect on Oct. 1, 2025. Note that the posted data are for FY 2022, the baseline period used in the FY 2026 calculation. The performance period data and results for the FY 2026 SNF VBP Program year will be provided in the June 2025 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports.
Corrections to the 2022 data can be submitted until Jan. 9, 2025. Click here for more information on the correction process. Questions on accessing the reports should be addressed to iqies@cms.hhs.gov.
Contact: Darius Kirstein, dkirstein@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8841