Re: Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program; 91 Fed. Reg. 17,195 (April 6, 2026).

Skilled nursing facilities must navigate upcoming 2026 requirements, including strict quality reporting deadlines, Medicare payment rate updates, documentation changes, and new AI-powered tools.

As of January 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has officially launched its Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Data Validation Process, and randomly selected ...

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Aligning diagnosis codes on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) with claim forms used to bill Medicare and Medicaid can’t be understated, especially considering annual revenue losses of $25,000 to $30,000 per ...

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced significant changes regarding medication coding related to certain high-risk drugs that will go into effect on Oct. 1 with the updates ...

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Sepsis has continued to climb the charts as one of the most frequent principal diagnoses for hospitalizations in the US and one of the most expensive conditions to treat in the nation's hospitals. It ...