CMS Issued FY 2021 SNF Final Payment Rule
On July 31, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates the Medicare payment rates and the quality programs for SNFs.
These updates include routine technical rate-setting updates to the SNF PPS payment rates, as well as finalizes adoption of the most recent OMB statistical area delineations and applies a 5 percent cap on wage index decreases from FY 2020 to FY 2021.
CMS is also finalizing changes to the ICD-10 code mappings that would be effective beginning in FY 2021, in response to stakeholder feedback. CMS projects aggregate payments to SNFs will increase by $750 million, or 2.2 percent, for FY 2021 compared to FY 2020.
Updated Base Rates for PDPM Components
For FY 2021, the unadjusted federal rate per diem for urban and rural will be as follows, prior to adjustment for case-mix.
TABLE 3: FY 2021 Unadjusted Federal Rate Per Diem – URBAN
Table 4: FY 2021 Unadjusted Federal Rate Per Diem – RURAL
Click here to view the SNF PPS Final Rule Fact Sheet.
Link to the Final Rule – http://www.federalregister.gov/inspection.aspx
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, www.cms.gov
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