While some nursing homes have earned incentive pay for reducing their hospital readmissions, the decade-old program that pays for those bonuses has not led to any widespread improvements, a ...

Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program is the largest pay-for-performance initiative ever implemented to improve care in SNFs. The program ties SNF performance in ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is making updates to Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System ...

Skilled nursing facilities will get a 2.4% payment increase for fiscal year 2027, according to a proposed rule released last week. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes to update the ...

In 2026, skilled nursing facilities face significant operational changes driven by CMS’s updated billing rules and the integration of AI-powered tools. New payment rates, coding updates, and quality ...