Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Dear Home Health Agency (HHA): The Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES), which providers and vendors use to submit assessment data, is being upgraded to make the system more reliable, scalable, secure, and accessible. The enhancements will occur in phases (by provider type) and began with…… Continue reading Register for an iQIES Account – Action Required
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Iowa SNF/LTC Providers – Optional State Assessment (OSA) Update
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) and Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (IME) issued a joint informational letter dated October 9, 2019 (I received it via email just this afternoon) updating information provided late last month regarding the use of the OSA for IA Medicaid Case…… Continue reading Iowa SNF/LTC Providers – Optional State Assessment (OSA) Update
Consumer Alerts Added to Nursing Home Compare Website and the Five-Star Quality Rating System
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare I provided the press release/information on October 7, 2019 regarding the updates to Nursing Home Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System. CMS also issued Survey & Certification Notice QSO-20-01-NH, dated that same day, to relay this information to providers and State Survey Agency Directors.…… Continue reading Consumer Alerts Added to Nursing Home Compare Website and the Five-Star Quality Rating System
MDS 3.0 QM User’s Manual Version 12.1 Now Available – Again
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted the updated Quality Measures manual – version 12.1 – in early September 2019 then pulled it off the website a short time later. The updated QM manual – still version 12.1 was posted again on October 8, 2019 in the form of a…… Continue reading MDS 3.0 QM User’s Manual Version 12.1 Now Available – Again
CMS Releases Medicare Claims and Billing Manual Updates
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has been very busy the past week with all things PDPM! Updates to Medicare claims and billing manuals were no exception. All updates are effective and being implemented on November 5, 2019 (revised verbiage is identified by the red ink): Chapter 4 – Physician…… Continue reading CMS Releases Medicare Claims and Billing Manual Updates
Trump Administration Enhances Transparency about Abuse and Neglect Five-Star Update
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Today, October 7, 2019, CMS announced “a major enhancement of the information available to nursing home residents, families, and caregivers on the Agency’s Nursing Home Compare website”. Later this month, CMS will – for the first time – display a consumer alert icon next to…… Continue reading Trump Administration Enhances Transparency about Abuse and Neglect Five-Star Update
Updated Version Available for jRAVEN Users
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted version 1.7.1 of jRAVEN on October 7, 2019 – 2 weeks after posting version 1.7.0. Version 1.7.1 is the version you should be using if your facility utilizes the CMS free software for encoding and transmitting the MDS 3.0. The Release Notes are…… Continue reading Updated Version Available for jRAVEN Users
