Updated SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available

Updated Skilled Nursing Facility Provider Preview Reports are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog during the October 2024 refresh. Several changes were made to the Preview Reports:

• A new assessment-based measure, “Discharge Function Score,” was added to report.
• The three assessment-based measures were removed from the report: (1) Application of Percent of Long-Term Care Hospital Patients with an Admission and Discharge Functional Assessment and a Care Plan That Addresses Function, (2) SNF Functional Outcome Measure: Change in Self-Care Score for Skilled Nursing Facility Residents, and (3) SNF Functional Outcome Measure: Change in Mobility Score for Skilled Nursing Facility Residents.
• Historic publicly reported data for the removed measures will continue to be available on archived data snapshots webpage.

The data in the Preview Reports is based on quality assessment data submitted by SNFs from Quarter 1, 2023 through Quarter 4, 2023. Additionally, the CDC measures reflect data from Quarter 4, 2023 through Quarter 1, 2024 for the Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Personnel measure, and Quarter 4, 2023 for the COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel measure. The data for the claims-based measures have been updated for the October 2024 refresh and will display data from Quarter 4, 2021 through Quarter 3, 2023, and for the SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections measure, from Quarter 4, 2022 through Quarter 3, 2023.

Providers have until August 14, 2024, to review their performance data. Only updates/corrections to the underlying assessment data before the final data submission deadline will be reflected in the publicly reported data on Care Compare. If a provider updates assessment data after the final data submission deadline, the updated data will only be reflected in the Facility-Level Quality Measure (QM) report and Patient-Level QM report. Updates submitted after the final data submission deadline will not be reflected in the Provider Preview Reports or on the Care Compare website. However, providers can request that CMS review their data during the preview period if they believe the quality measure scores in their Preview Reports are inaccurate.

For questions related to accessing your facility’s provider preview report, please email the iQIES Service Center or call (800) 339-9313. For questions about SNF Quality Reporting Program Public Reporting, please email [email protected].