In the final Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made an array of calculation errors.  CMS issued the FY 2018 SNF PPS – Final Rule Correction Notice on September 30. 

This document corrects technical errors related to the wage index and budget neutrality factor provided in the final rule that appeared in the August 4, 2017, Federal Register (82 FR 36530 through 36636) entitled, “Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2018, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, Survey Team Composition, and Correction of the Performance Period for the NHSN HCP Influenza Vaccination Immunization Reporting Measure in the ESRD QIP for PY 2020.”  Impacts on members are likely to be minimal but will vary based on patient case mix and CBSA. 

Click here to access the corrected final FY 2018 SNF PPS wage index file. Contact Mike Cheek, AHCA Senior Vice President of Reimbursement Policy with any questions or concerns.