The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports in iQIES. These reports contain quality measure performance scores that will be published on Nursing Home Care Compare for the January 2026 refresh.
Because of the lapse in federal appropriations, scheduled data refreshes and other routine updates were temporarily paused. With the resumption of government operations on November 13, these updates are now being released.
Data contained within the Provider Preview Reports are based on MDSs submitted by SNFs from Quarter 2, 2024 through Quarter 1, 2025.
In addition:
- The MDS-based COVID-19 Vaccine: Percent of Patients/Residents Who Are Up to Date measure and the NHSN COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among HCP measure is based on data only from Quarter 1, 2025.
- The NHSN Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Personnel (HCP) measure data from Quarter 4, 2024 through Quarter 1, 2025.
- The claims-based measures for:
- The Potentially Preventable 30-Day Post-Discharge Readmission and Discharge to Community and the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary reflects data from Quarter 4, 2021 through Quarter 3, 2023.
- The SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) measure reflects data from Quarter 4, 2023 through Quarter 3, 2024.
SNFs will have 30 days (until December 18, 2025) to preview their quality measure results in the Provider Preview Reports beginning on the date the reports are available. SNFs reviewing their preview reports will not be able to correct any of the underlying data, as all data submission/correction deadlines for the targeted period will have passed the November 17, 2025, deadline.