Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Better infection surveillance and trained surveyors are also necessary to keep nursing homes safe and accountable. Arlington, Va., June 20, 2023 – Highlighting an “astonishing lack of attention to infection prevention and control in nursing homes,” the nation’s infection preventionists, in advance of expected federal action on…… Continue reading APIC Calls for Dedicated Infection Prevention Staff at all Long-Term Care Facilities to Prevent Deaths of Seniors

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Last week (June 26, 2023), I contacted Nadine Olness, RN, MN RAI Coordinator/Case Mix Review to ask about Minnesota’s plan for using the MDS 3.0 v1.18.11 effective October 1, 2023 for case mix reimbursement. Ms. Olness’ reply (greatly appreciated!) was: “Minnesota will continue to Use the…… Continue reading Minnesota and LTC Medicaid Case Mix

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This provider bulletin is being issued to notify Medicaid nursing facility providers of the upcoming switch to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) for Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments. Effective July 1, 2023, Nebraska Medicaid will switch from Resource Utilization Group III, Version 5.2 Grouper 34…… Continue reading Nebraska: Nursing Facility Reimbursement Model Migration from RUGs to PDPM

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This morning (Wednesday, June 28, 2023), CMS posted QSO-23-18-NH (3 pages) with the same title as this blog. CMS will publish the Nursing Home Affiliated Entity Performance Measures dataset on data.cms.com. These data combine inspection, staffing, quality, and other performance metrics across affiliated entities. In doing…… Continue reading Posting of Nursing Home Ownership/Operatorship Affiliation Data on Nursing Home Care Compare Website and data.cms.gov

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the Five-Star State Level Cut Point Table – June 2023today (June 28, 2023). This document – Five Star Quality Rating System Technical Users’ Guide: State Level Health Inspection Cut Point Table – provides the data for the state-level cut points for the star…… Continue reading Five-Star State Level Cut Point Table Updated June 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultants – Briggs Healthcare The June update of Appendix B to the RAI 3.0 User’s Manual contains changes to the list of State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, RAI Panel members, and CMS locations and contacts. Appendix B_June 2023 Changes to Appendix B_June 2023 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultants – Briggs Healthcare The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on or around June 21, 2023. To access these reports, select the CASPER Reporting link located on the CMS QIES Systems for Providers page.  Once in the CASPER Reporting system, select the ‘Folders’ button, then select ‘My Inbox’ or the Inbox…… Continue reading Five-Star Preview Reports Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS is responsible for ensuring that participating nursing homes meet federal standards and provides information on nursing homes’ quality on its web-based tool, Care Compare. CMS’s Five-Star Rating System, which includes an overall and three component star ratings—health inspection, staffing, and quality measures—is a prominent source…… Continue reading CMS Offers Useful Information on Website and Is Considering Additional Steps to Assess Underlying Data

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The final Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version (v)1.18.11 have been updated and are now available in the Downloads section on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual page. The NC and NQ Item Sets have been replaced with revised versions; the…… Continue reading UPDATED: Final MDS 3.0 Item Sets version 1.18.11 v3

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Training: Updates to Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Data Reporting: Long-term Care Facilities – June 2023 Slideset [PDF – 2 MB] Data Collection Forms and Instructions ALL DATA COLLECTION FORMS ARE PRINT-ONLY Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Summary Form for Residents at LTCFs (57.218) [PDF – 194 KB] – June 2023 Table of…… Continue reading June 2023 NHSN HCP and Resident: Training and COVID-19 Vaccination Documentation Updates