Updated Ranking File

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) thanks all skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that participated in Phase Two of the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program’s Review and Corrections process. As a result, CMS is providing updated rankings for all SNFs included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 program year. A list of each SNF’s incentive payment multiplier and updated ranking can be found on the SNF VBP website. The incentive payment multiplier applicable to each SNF is unchanged from the multiplier that CMS previously included in the SNF’s FY 2019 Annual Performance Score Report. That multiplier will be used to adjust the Federal per diem rate otherwise applicable to the SNF for services furnished from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. A more detailed file containing facility level performance will be made publicly available later this year on Nursing Home Compare.

The Review and Corrections process provides SNFs with the opportunity to review the information that will be made public for the applicable SNF VBP program year and to submit correction requests to CMS. As a reminder, Phase One Review and Correction requests are due no later than March 31, 2019 for Calendar Year 2017 measure data.  To submit a complete request, SNFs must submit the following information to the SNFVBPinquiries@cms.hhs.gov mailbox:

• The SNF’s CMS Certification Number (CCN)
• The SNF’s Name
• The correction requested and the reason for requesting the correction. SNFs must also submit evidence, if available, supporting the request.

Please do not include any protected health information or other patient-level data in correction requests submitted to the SNF VBP mailbox.

For more information on how to review the FY 2019 Annual Performance Score Report, view this tutorial. Click this link to access the FY 2019 Annual Performance Score Report. For questions about accessing CASPER, please contact the QIES Technical Support Office (QTSO) Help Desk: help@qtso.com.

For more information about the SNF VBP Program, please review the Frequently Asked Questionsdocument and refer to the FY 2019 SNF PPS final rule.

If you have additional questions, please email them to SNFVBPinquiries@cms.hhs.gov.

Sincerely,

The SNF VBP Team