Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “Newly released CMS skilled nursing facilities (SNF) Change of Ownership data (CHOW) data allows for a better understanding of how the nursing home ownership financial structures are changing. A total of 3,258 SNFs have been sold since 2016. Roughly 3.5% of skilled nursing facilities are…… Continue reading Changes in Ownership of Skilled Nursing Facilities from 2016 to 2021: Variations by Geographic Location and Quality 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the October 2022 release. The data contained within the Preview Reports…… Continue reading SNF Provider Preview Reports – Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare In the July 12, 2022 edition of Innovation in Aging, you’ll find this interesting article – same title as this blog.  It’s an interesting read. “After decades of exposés, special commissions, and advocacy, the moment has arrived to commit to making the residential nursing home a…… Continue reading Evidence Base for the Future of Nursing Homes: Special Issue

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Another National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call was held the afternoon of Wednesday, July 13, 2022. There was an overview of the new surveyor guidance issued on June 29, 2022. (Reference this blog post; also this blog post for CMS training resources.)  This overview highlighted the…… Continue reading What You Missed – July 13, 2022 National NH Stakeholder Call

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This was the headline here in Iowa last Friday (July 8th) and throughout this past weekend. The article – found here – is not a pretty one but the information needs to see the light of day. We need to do better, as a state…… Continue reading Hundreds of Iowa Nursing Home Complaints Go Uninvestigated for Months  

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Earlier this morning (July 13, 2022), CMS filed CMS-3347-RCN. “The Social Security Act (the Act) specifies that a Medicare final rule must be published no later than 3 years after the publication date of the proposed rule or interim final rule, as applicable, except under…… Continue reading Medicare and Medicaid Program: Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Efficiency, and Transparency Extension of Timeline Filed     

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Prevent delays in payments by correctly entering therapy start and end dates  To prevent delays in processing payments, staff must ensure that the Therapy Start and End Dates are correctly entered on all PPS, OBRA Comprehensive, and OBRA Non-Comprehensive assessments when appropriate. Here are some…… Continue reading Minnesota MDS – Legislative Updates  

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wed, July 13, 2022 at 3:00pm ET for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Long-term care providers, facility staff and resident advocates are encouraged to attend. This…… Continue reading National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call – July 13, 2022 @ 3pm (ET)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare An updated errata for the MDS v3.00.1 (FINAL) Data Specifications is now available for download under the Downloads section at the bottom of the MDS technical webpage. The direct link to this errata document is found here. The problem and resolution for both issues identified below is…… Continue reading Errata V3.00.8 for MDS v3.00.1 (FINAL) Data Submission Specifications Posted 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Yesterday, I blogged about the training documents for the newly-released regulatory guidance and the Psychosocial Severity Guide update.  Today, I want to provide you with access to recordings of the training.  Using both the documents and the recordings will help you and your team understand…… Continue reading QSEP Training Videos for LTC Regulatory and Interpretive Guidance and Psychosocial Severity Guide Updates – June 2022