SNF‐VBP Penalizes Skilled Nursing Facilities with Negative Profit Margins

摘要

Skilled Nursing Facility‐Value‐based Purchasing Program (SNF‐VBP) from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) incentivizes facilities to improve quality through lower hospital readmissions. However, SNF‐VBP may penalize nursing homes that are unable to invest resources to reduce readmissions. Although existing research has examined facility characteristics and SNF‐VBP performance, the relationship between financial performance and SNF‐VBP performance is unknown. In this study, we examine the SNF‐VBP performance by the financial performance of SNFs.