Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Data Submission Deadlines

When does SNF quality data have to be submitted?

SNFs must report data to meet the SNF QRP requirements. SNFs must submit data no later than 11:59 p.m. the day of the submission deadline. The Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 must be transmitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Internet Quality Improvement Evaluation System (iQIES). Data for the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) measures must be submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). No additional data submission is required for the claims-based measures.

The data collection and submission deadlines for each Annual Payment Update (APU) determination year are summarized in the tables available in the Downloads section on this webpage.

CMS strongly encourages all facilities to submit data several days prior to the deadline to allow time to address any submission issues and to provide opportunity to review submissions to ensure data are complete.

NHSN

Visit the CMS Resources for NHSN Users webpage for:

• Guidance on how to run and interpret National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) output reports
• Checklist to ensure complete reporting into NHSN

Visit the CMS Quality Reporting Programs Frequently Asked Questions webpage for additional information.

Please contact the NHSN Helpdesk at NHSN@cdc.gov if you have any questions.

Resources:

• FAQs addressing general questions about the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP), including information about the quality measures, data submission deadlines, training materials, and other helpful resources.
• For questions about the SNF QRP, data reporting, quality measure calculation, data submission deadlines, or any other questions related to the SNF QRP email SNFQualityQuestions@cms.hhs.gov
• For questions about SNF quality data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), or NHSN Registration, email NHSN@cdc.gov.
• For questions about Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 coding, please contact your State Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Coordinator. Contact information for State RAI Coordinators can be found in Appendix B of the Long-Term Care Facility RAI 3.0 User’s Manual on CMS’s MDS 3.0 RAI Manual webpage under the Downloads section (file name: Appendix B 10252022 [PDF]).
• For questions about MDS data submissions or status of data submissions via the Internet Quality Improvement Evaluation System (iQIES), call 1-800-339-9313 or email iqies@cms.hhs.gov.
• References and manuals related to the submission of MDS data can be found on the QIES Technical Support Office (QTSO) Nursing Home (MDS)/Swing Bed Providers Reference & Manuals webpage. For questions about quality measure calculation, data submission deadlines, or coding data elements in the MDS, email SNFQualityQuestions@cms.hhs.gov.
• Subscribe to the Post-Acute Care (PAC) QRP listserv for the latest SNF quality reporting and Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act information including, but not limited to, training, stakeholder engagement opportunities, and general updates about reporting requirements, quality measures, and reporting deadlines.

Updates

September 7, 2023

Revised SNF QRP Data Collection & Final Submission Deadlines for FY 2025 and SNF QRP Data Collection & Final Submission Deadlines for FY 2026

The FY 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule (88 FR 53200) revised data collection and submission requirements for the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) affecting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 and FY 2026 QRPs. A revised document providing the data collection time frames and final submission deadlines for the FY 2025 SNF QRP and a document providing the FY 2026 data collection time frames and final submission deadlines are now available in the Downloads section of this webpage.

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