Nursing homes will see a 3.2% increase in their Medicare Part A payments next fiscal year, CMS announced late Thursday. That's a jump from a pay rule proposed in April, in which CMS proposed a 2.8% increase for fiscal 2026. The final rate amounts to an increase in SNF PPS payments of $1.16 billion over fiscal 2025, CMS said. It is based on final SNF market basket of 3.3%, plus a 0.6% market basket forecast error adjustment, and a negative 0.7% productivity adjustment.
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