FY 2027 SNF VBP Program June 2026 Quarterly Reports are Now Available
The June 2026 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2027 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 provide SNFs their facility-level measure results for eight quality measures during their performance period for the FY 2027 SNF VBP Program year:
- SNF 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Measure (SNFRM)
- Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare-Associated Infections Requiring Hospitalization (SNF HAI)
- Discharge to Community—Post-Acute Care Measure for SNFs (DTC PAC SNF)
- Number of Hospitalizations per 1,000 Long Stay Resident Days (Long Stay Hospitalization)
- Total Nursing Staff Turnover (Nursing Staff Turnover)
- Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident Day (Total Nurse Staffing)
- Discharge Function Score for SNFs (Discharge Function Score)
- Percent of Residents Experiencing One or More Falls with Major Injury (Long-Stay) (Falls with Major Injury (Long-Stay))
These measure results will be used for the FY 2027 SNF VBP Program year’s scoring and incentive payment calculations that will take effect October 1, 2026. Performance scores and incentive payment multipliers for the FY 2027 SNF VBP Program year will be disseminated in the August 2026 Performance Score Reports.
Note: The FY 2027 SNF VBP Program year is the first to assess performance on eight quality measures rather than four measures, as part of an expansion of the SNF VBP Program. For more information about the SNF VBP Program’s measures, see the SNF VBP Program Measures webpage.
SNFs may submit requests for corrections to their measure results up to 30 days following this report being made available, until July 1, 2026. 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.
All SNFs and non-Critical Access Hospital (CAH) swing bed rural providers paid under Medicare’s SNF Prospective Payment System (PPS) are subject to the SNF VBP Program. Inclusion in the SNF VBP Program does not require any action on the part of SNFs. However, to receive a June 2026 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Report, a SNF must be listed as active in iQIES as of April 1, 2026.
To locate your SNF’s new, confidential report in iQIES, please follow the instructions listed below:
- 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.)
- In the Reports menu, select My Reports.
- 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.
- Here you can see the list of reports available for download. Locate the desired SNF VBP Program Quarterly Confidential Feedback Report.
- 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.
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