Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the Thursday, December 8, 2022-Agenda, Transcript and Audio File- Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Care Open Door Forum. This is a .zip file.  You’ll see these files when you open:

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Facilities that are required to report annual health care personnel influenza vaccination data into NHSN must do so using the Healthcare Personnel Safety (HPS) Component. Reporting weekly influenza vaccination data through the NHSN LTC Facility Component does not fulfill this reporting requirement.   CDC is not collecting weekly influenza vaccination data for…… Continue reading NHSN Influenza Vaccination Data Reporting

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program website has 2 resources that you may be interested in: FY 2023 SNF VBP Program Fact Sheet (PDF) FY 2023 SNF VBP Program Timeline (PDF)  The Fact Sheet is 2 pages in length while the Timeline is…… Continue reading FY 2023 SNF VBP Resources

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Due to the Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) quarterly deadline*, the iQIES Service Center is projecting an increase in the volume of calls and emails between now and February 14, 2023.  Live phone and email support for the Monday, February 14, 2023, PBJ Deadline will be available until Monday, February 14, 2023, at…… Continue reading Upcoming iQIES Service Center Hold Times – PBJ Quarterly Deadline Approaching

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “The American Health Care Association (AHCA), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and other long term care facilities across the country, released a survey of more than 500 nursing home providers from across the U.S. highlighting how nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry…… Continue reading AHCA/NCAL Survey: Nursing Home Providers Workforce Say and Economic Challenges Persist

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare January 3, 2023 … MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission), a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to Congress on Medicaid programs, released this 19-page report that is worth your attention.  I encourage you to share it…… Continue reading Estimates of Medicaid Nursing Facility Payments Relative to Costs

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS QI Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America is an audio series that gives you a closer look at the projects and the people who are improving health care quality and outcomes. These brief conversations include detailed…… Continue reading CMS QI Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the CY 2023 HCPCS Codes for accurate payment of Part A skilled nursing facility stays. Additional information regarding these codes as well as billing information: General Explanation of the Major Categories for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing(includes additional exclusions) The SNF…… Continue reading Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing: CY 2023 HCPCS Codes   

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On December 23, 2022, CMS posted the draft Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version v1.18.11. CMS plans to release the final version of the MDS Item Sets in early 2023.  The MDS Item Sets v1.18.11 will be effective beginning October 1, 2023. This is…… Continue reading Draft MDS 3.0 Item Sets v1.18.11 Posted

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The December 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 – RAI 3.0 User’s Manual…December 14, 2022 Update Changes to Appendix B…December 2022 Update