Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for:   Date:  Thursday, August 4, 2022 Start Time:  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. Conference Leaders: Tammy Luo &…… Continue reading Upcoming SNF/LTC Open Door Forum – Thursday, August 4, 2022 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late afternoon on Friday, July 29, 2022, CMS issued a final rule (CMS-1765-F) that provides updates to the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) for FY 2023. The FR is 348 pages in length. It will be published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, August 3,…… Continue reading FY 2023 SNF PPS Final Rule (CMS 1765-F) Issued

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted these NH + Rehab Services datasets (CSV format), updated July 27, 2022: Provider InformationGeneral information on currently active nursing homes, including number of certified beds, quality measure scores, staffing and other information used in the Five-Star Rating System. Data are presented as…… Continue reading CMS Posts Updated Datasets

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the July 2022 State-Level Health Inspection Cut Point Table. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has enhanced its Nursing Home Compare public reporting site to include a set of quality ratings for each nursing home that participates in Medicare or…… Continue reading Five-Star Quality Rating System: Technical Users’ Guide State-Level Health Inspection Cut Point Table 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The July 2022 release of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) data is now available on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC). The data are based on quality assessment data submitted by SNFs to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…… Continue reading Care Compare July Release of SNF QRP Data – Now Available  

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Just a few minutes ago, CMS posted this Press Release with the same title as this blog: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today (July 27, 2022) launched its enhanced Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System which integrates data nursing homes report on their…… Continue reading CMS Enhances Nursing Home Rating System with Staffing and Turnover Data  

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on July 20, 2022. 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…… Continue reading Five-Star Preview Reports Available 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted an update to the current (v1.17.1R October 2019) RAI User’s Manual.  It includes the revision of an existing page and the addition of a new page.  contains revisions to pages in Chapter 3, Section I, of the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual v1.17.1R that…… Continue reading Updates to MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its life safety and emergency preparedness regulations to improve protections for all Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, including those residing in nursing homes. These updates expanded requirements related to sprinkler systems and smoke detector coverage.…… Continue reading OIG Audits: Nursing Home Life Safety and Emergency Preparedness in Eight States Identified Noncompliance With Federal Requirements and Opportunities for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to Improve Resident, Visitor and Staff Safety   

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The July 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. To ensure accurate formatting, use a current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF.…… Continue reading July 2022 Update of Appendix B – RAI 3.0 User’s Manual