While some nursing homes have earned incentive pay for reducing their hospital readmissions, the decade-old program that pays for those bonuses has not led to any widespread improvements, a ...

Skilled nursing facilities will get a 3.2% bump per the final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday. For fiscal year 2026, CMS is making the update to the Skilled ...

Rewards tied to improved hospital readmission rates were so small and so variable from year to year that they likely contributed to a “lack of effectiveness” for a key nursing home financial incentive ...

1. The rule finalizes a 3.2% pay bump for SNF, amounting to a $1.16 billion increase from fiscal 2025. 2. The increase is based on a 3.3% market basket update, a 0.6% ...