Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the FY 2024 SNF VBP Program Performance Score Report User Guide.  This (14-page) user guide accompanies the Performance Score Report (PSR) for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program year. It describes the data in each worksheet…… Continue reading FY2024 SNF VBP Performance Score Report User Guide

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Monday, August 7, 2023 … CMS posted FY 2024 DRAFT PDPM ICD-10 Mapping (ZIP). Note that the first 2 spreadsheets in this .zip file were updated Friday afternoon, August 4, 2023: On the PDPM Resources landing page, you’ll find: When you select the 2nd hyperlink –…… Continue reading FY 2024 PDPM ICD-10 Mapping Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The submission deadline for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) is approaching. Minimum Data Sets (MDS) assessment data and data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network…… Continue reading Reminder of Upcoming SNF QRP Data Submission Deadline

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Date/Time: Tuesday, August 29th from 12pm-1:30pm ET Registration Link: Registration can be completed online through Webex. Acumen LLC on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a public, virtual listening session. On behalf of CMS, we are seeking feedback from administration and management staff,…… Continue reading Registration Open for SNF QRP Listening Session: Expanding MDS Data Submission to All SNF Patients Regardless of Payer

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Effective August 1, 2023, the MDS 3.0 Frequency Report webpage (https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Computer-Data-and-Systems/Minimum-Data-Set-3-0-Public-Reports/Minimum-Data-Set-3-0-Frequency-Report) is no longer supported and has been decommissioned.  A replacement webpage where users can access the MDS 3.0 Frequency report data will be made available in the near future.  Additional information about the new webpage…… Continue reading Decommissioning of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Frequency Report Website

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The August 2023 Performance Score Reports (PSRs) for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). The August 2023 PSRs provide SNFs their performance information for the…… Continue reading FY 2024 SNF VBP Program August 2023 Performance Score Reports – Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Post-event materials are now available for the SNF MDS 3.0 RAI v1.18.11 Guidance Training Program. Post-event materials include the recorded coding workshop sessions and PDF versions of the coding workshop presentations. Available Resources: The recordings of the Part 1 pre-recorded training webinars and the Part 2…… Continue reading SNF MDS 3.0 RAI v1.18.11 Guidance Training Program – Post-Event Materials Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late afternoon (4:15pm ET to be precise) on Monday, July 31, 2023, CMS filed the Final Rule for FY 2024 for SNF PPS.  The 451-page FR is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register Monday, August 7, 2023.  The public inspection PDF copy is available here.…… Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: FINAL RULE FY 2024 SNF PPS Issued

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 August 14, 2023.  Live phone and email support for the Monday, August 14, 2023, PBJ Deadline will be available until Monday, August 14, 2023,…… Continue reading Upcoming iQIES Service Center Hold Times

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare REMINDER: 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 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports…… Continue reading SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available