Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on February 15, 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…… Continue reading Five-Star Preview Reports Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The MDS Data Specifications V3.01.0 (DRAFT) are now available for download under the Downloads section at the bottom of this webpage.  These specifications will go into effect on October 1, 2023.  There are a significant number of changes in this version, primarily in Sections A, D, GG, J,…… Continue reading MDS Data Specifications V3.01.0 (DRAFT) Posted

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Last Friday, February 10, 2023, CMS posted these Transmittals: R212SOMA … Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 5 and R213SOMA … Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Chapter 7 The 24 pages in the Chapter 5 Transmittal and the 84 pages in the Chapter 7…… Continue reading CMS Updates Chapter 5 and 7 of the SOM Also Posts an Administrative Information Memorandum for States and Surveyors

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Proposed rule would require disclosure of additional ownership and management information to shine a light on private equity ownership.  Administration seeking to implement Section 6101(a) of the Affordable Care Act. Today (February 13, 2023), in a continued effort to deliver on the President’s commitment, HHS announced…… Continue reading Administration Continues Unprecedented Efforts to Increase Transparency of NH Ownership

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This package: CMS-10387, dated February 7, 2023, is a request for a revision to the current Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment instrument for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). This package represents a request from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement the MDS…… Continue reading MDS 3.0 v1.18.11 Provider Burden Data From CMS: CMS-10387 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and illuminated quality failings in nursing homes, persistent equity issues, and the system- and policy-level factors that contribute to their endurance. To begin seeking ways to address these issues, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) conducted a 90-day innovation project to identify…… Continue reading Enhancing Quality Improvement Adoption in US Nursing Homes 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Two additions to the OIG Work Plan for LTC caught my eye: Assessment of CMS’s Early Use of Payroll-Based Journal Data To Improve Enforcement of Nursing Home Staffing Standards: In October 2022, CMS began to provide State Survey Agency surveyors (State surveyors) with extracts of Payroll-Based…… Continue reading January 2023 Additions to the OIG Work Plan 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This information is intended for Long Term Care Facility Administrators, Directors of Nursing, MDS Coordinators, Registered Nurses, and Social Services staff who work directly with the Minimum Data Set (MDS).  The Licensing and Certification Program at the Minnesota Department of Health is offering three free MDS…… Continue reading MN LTC Providers: Register NOW for MDS Education for Nursing Home Staff – Space Limited!  

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Version 3.2 – iQIES User Roles Matrix Job Aid (17 pages) was updated and posted on February 9, 2023. New to this version from the previous (3.1 – January 2023) is Contractor User Roles and Contract Surveyor Permissions on page 15.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching. IRF Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) assessment data and data submitted to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Centers for Disease…… Continue reading IRF/LTCH/SNF QRP February 15, 2023 Submission Deadline Reminder