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.
