The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released State Performance Standards System (SPSS) findings for FY 2023 on August 1. The standards review state survey agencies’ performance annually on a given set of metrics such as timeliness of various aspects of the survey process and survey quality. CMS also took this opportunity to issue a revision to the metrics for FY24.

LeadingAge has used SPSS findings from past years to inform our work on nursing home survey reform. We will review FY23 findings and revised FY24 metrics, and address concerns with CMS as we continue this work.