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Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, Skilled Nursing Facilities Value-B (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library

Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, Skilled Nursing Facilities Value-B (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, Skilled Nursing Facilities Value-B (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2017. In addition, it specifies a potentially preventable readmission measure for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program (SNF VBP), and implements requirements for that program, including performance standards, a scoring methodology, and a review and correction process for performance information to be made public, aimed at implementing value-based purchasing for SNFs. Additionally, this final rule includes additional polices and measures in the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP). This final rule also responds to comments on the SNF Payment Models Research (PMR) project. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, Skilled Nursing Facilities Value-B (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section