CMS is granting exceptions under certain Medicare quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs to home health agencies, hospices, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities located in areas affected by the California and Oregon Wildfires due to the devastating impact of the storm.
For further information about these exceptions, please check the downloads section on the program-specific web pages:
- Home Health Quality Reporting Reconsideration and Exception & Extension
- Hospice Quality Reporting Extensions and Exemption Requests
- IRF Quality Reporting Reconsideration and Exception & Extension
- LTCH Quality Reporting Reconsideration and Exception & Extension
- SNF Quality Reporting Reconsideration and Exception & Extension