SNF VBP Program June 2025 Quarterly Reports are Now Available

• By: Maureen Carland
• On: 06/09/2025 12:53:45
• In: Quality/Regulatory

The June 2025 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).
These reports contain facility-level measure results for four quality measures during FY 2024, the FY 2026 SNF VBP Program performance period:

• SNF 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Measure (SNFRM)
• Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare-Associated Infections Requiring Hospitalization (SNF HAI)
• Total Nursing Staff Turnover (Nursing Staff Turnover)
• Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident Day (Total Nurse Staffing)

These results will be used for the FY 2026 SNF VBP Program year scoring and incentive payment calculations that will take effect October 1, 2025. Performance scores and incentive payment multipliers for the FY 2026 SNF VBP Program year will be disseminated in the August 2025 Performance Score Reports. 

SNFs may submit corrections requests for their FY 2024 measure results up to 30 days following this report being made available, until July 9, 2025. Corrections are limited to errors made by CMS or its contractors when calculating a SNF's measure results. SNFs must submit correction requests to SNFVBPquestions@cms.hhs.gov with the subject line “SNF VBP Review and Correction Inquiry” and include your SNF's CMS Certification Number (CCN), SNF's name, correction request, and reason for requesting the correction. 

These reports contain stay-level data for the SNFRM protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Any disclosure of protected health information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII) should only be in accordance with, and to the extent permitted by, the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and applicable law. When referring to the contents of the report, use the Line Number (located in the leftmost column of the ‘SNFRM Eligible Stays' tab) of the stay in question.

To locate your new report in iQIES, please follow the instructions listed below:

1. Log into iQIES at https://iqies.cms.gov/ using your Health Care Quality Information Systems (HCQIS) Access Roles and Profile (HARP) user ID and password. (If you do not have a HARP account, you may register for a HARP ID.)
2. In the Reports menu, select My Reports.
3. From the My Reports page, locate the MDS 3.0 Provider Preview Reports folder. Select the MDS 3.0 Provider Preview Reports link to open the folder.
4. Here you can see the list of reports available for download. Locate the desired SNF VBP Program Quarterly Confidential Feedback Report.
5. Once located, select More next to your desired SNF VBP Program Quarterly Confidential Feedback Report and the report will be downloaded through your browser. Once downloaded, open the file to view your facility's report.

For additional questions about accessing your SNF's report, which can only be accessed in iQIES, please contact the iQIES Service Center by phone at (800) 339-9313 or by email at iqies@cms.hhs.gov.

For more information about the SNF VBP Program, please visit the CMS website: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/nursing-home-improvement/value-based-purchasing 

For additional questions, please contact the SNF VBP Program Help Desk at SNFVBPquestions@cms.hhs.gov
  
Staff Contact: mcarland@mehca.org