The Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP) Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Version 6.0 and accompanying documents are now available. These documents provide updated specifications used to calculate quality measures included in the SNF QRP, effective October 1, 2024.
The SNF QRP Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Version 6.0 includes updates to the specifications for calculating quality measures within the program. The accompanying Change Table Version 6.0 provides a summary of these changes.
In addition, CMS has posted the following updated resources for the SNF QRP measures:
- Risk Adjustment Appendix File: Contains risk-adjustment values used to calculate the risk-adjusted quality measures.
Crosswalks of Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) to International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes: Used in the risk-adjustment models for the Discharge Self-Care, Discharge Mobility, and Discharge Function Score measures.
Imputation Appendix File: Contains imputed coefficients used to calculate the risk-adjusted Discharge Function Score measure.
These files can be accessed in the Downloads section of CMS’ Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Measures and Technical Information page.