Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wed, April 27th @ 3:00pm ET for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Long-term care providers, facility staff and resident advocates are encouraged to attend. This event is…… Continue reading National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call – Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for:   Date:  Thursday, April 28, 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: Todd Smith &…… Continue reading Upcoming SNF/LTC Open Door Forum – Thursday, April 28, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The April 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…… Continue reading Appendix B – RAI 3.0 User’s Manual Updated

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

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Just a few minutes ago (Wednesday, April 20, 2022) HHS posted this Press Release: New Data and Report on Hospital and Nursing Home Ownership.  The subtitle reads New data supports President Biden’s plan to protect seniors by improving safety and quality of care. Today, the Department of…… Continue reading HHS Releases New Data and Report on Hospital and Nursing Home

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Check out the PDPM Parity Adjustment Recalibration Worksheetsas you review and process the FY2023 SNF PPS Proposed Rule published last week.     These worksheets are available in that .zip file: When you select the first worksheet, you’ll see this: Start with the Overview and Methodology tabs…… Continue reading FY2023 SNF PPS Proposed Rule: PDPM Parity Adjustment Recalibration Worksheets

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare I had the privilege of attending the 2022 AAPACN (American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing) conference this week. I’m also a proud ‘99er, having been a member of the association since its “birth” in 1999. Officials from CMS are always invited to this annual conference, and…… Continue reading SNF/LTC News From CMS

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted the FY2023 SNF PPS Proposed Rule Monday afternoon, April 11, 2022. It’s scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, April 15, 2022. The proposed rule is 265 pages. Stakeholder comments are due no later than June 10, 2022. The Fact Sheet…… Continue reading SNF PPS FY2023 Proposed Rule Posted

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare As you know, CMS notified LTCFs of updates to the survey process, specifically related to the staff vaccine requirement (F888).  You’ll find information about that event here in case you missed it or want to review it again. The updated materials referenced in the above chart…… Continue reading CMS Updates Survey Process Documents and Files

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The NHSN Vaccination Team is providing two webinars on Tuesday, April 12th and Tuesday, April 19th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time to provide additional training on the Event-Level COVID-19 Vaccination Forms in the COVID-19 Vaccination Modules and to answer frequently asked questions. These worksheets are available…… Continue reading Office Hours and Frequently Asked Questions Webinar for the Optional Event-Level COVID-19 Vaccination Forms