Premier Submits Comments on FY 2025 Proposed Rule for Skilled Nursing Facilities

Premier submitted comments to CMS’ FY 2025 SNF Prospective Payment System (PPS) proposed rule. Premier responds to several key areas, including the need for interoperable technology in nursing homes, as well as the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) and the Value-based Purchasing (VBP) Program. Specifically, Premier urges CMS to:

• Take a comprehensive approach to the transfer of health information by focusing on additional efforts to advance interoperability across the care continuum, including SNFs, via electronic data exchange.
• Test, refine, and advance valid measures for both the SNF QRP and VBP Program to advance health equity.
• Continue efforts to collect social determinants of health data across care settings as part of the SNF QRP; and
• Develop consistent methodology for measuring health equity that is applicable across all care settings, including SNFs, in Medicare VBP programs.