SNF Off-Cycle CMS-855A Reporting Delayed to August 1, 2025

Mandatory Medicare reporting for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) has been delayed to August 1, 2025, to the relief of many in the industry. As a reminder, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) required the new “Attachment 1” to the Form CMS-855A be used for SNF enrollment purposes beginning October 1, 2024. CMS announced at that time that all SNFs would take part in off-cycle revalidations so that the agency could collect Attachment 1 information from all providers, likely between October and December 2024. The agency has since updated the date to May 1, 2025. The latest push to August 1, 2025, is a welcome extension given the significant amount of information requested by CMS. CMS is expected to issue a more formal announcement regarding the revised date in the coming days.

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