Connect with Us at the 2025 NNFA-NALA Convention and Trade Show
Pathway Health is excited to attend the 2025 Nebraska Nursing Facility Association-Nebraska Assisted Living Association (NNFA-NALA) Convention and Trade Show, on August 25-28 in Kearney, NE.
Our team members will be connecting with fellow attendees, sharing about our innovative solutions as well as insights during our educational session.
Let’s Connect!
- Visit booth #70 to connect with our experts and learn about our services, tools, and resources. Click here to access the site map.
- Learn about our services and solutions.
- Download helpful resources provided by Pathway Health.
- Attend our educational session, led by our Pathway Health experts.
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Skilled Nursing Facility VBP/QRP Changes and Quality Improvement Strategies
Presenter: Scott Heichel, RN, RAC-MT, RAC-CTA, DNS-CT, QCP, ICC, IPCO, Director of Reimbursement and Education
When: 9:00 AM
About the Session: The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Value Based Purchasing (VBP) program is expanding over the next several years to include four new measures, replace the current single rehospitalization measure used and introduce a health equity adjustment to the scoring methodology that generates the annual incentive multiplier that adjusts your center’s Medicare rates.
The SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) is in the process of adding additional measures, removing irrelevant measures, and modifying another measure. This session will review the changes and implementation timeline and provide valuable insight regarding how to use quality improvement techniques to improve your VBP and QRP performance.
Session Objectives:
- List the specific measures that will be used in SNF Value Based Purchasing in each of the next four years
- Define the health equity adjustment to be incorporated into SNF Value Based Purchasing
- Describe CMS plans to validate claims, the Payroll Based Journal system and MDS coding
