Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Bolster Post-Acute Quality Reporting for FY 2025 With New Tables
If you plan on participating in Medicare’s Post-Acute Quality Reporting Program for fiscal year (FY) 2025, new guidance is available to your organization. Details: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated “Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Annual Payment Update (APU) Table[s] for Reporting Assessment-Based quality measures (QMs) and standardized patient assessment data elements,” the agency said in alert. “This document has been updated to reflect the data elements that will be required to meet the APU minimum data completion threshold for FY 2025.” CMS has also added minimum data threshold charts for data collection and final submission deadlines for FY 2025 for specific providers and facilities, too. The providers/facility types with updated tables, charts, and deadlines include the following with links to the information: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs) Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) 
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