Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for: Date:  Thursday, October 11, 2018 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 & Jill Darling **This Agenda is Subject…… Continue reading SNF/LTC Open Door Forum Scheduled for Thursday, October 11, 2018

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® CMS has posted a 5-page RAI Manual Errata document dated October 1, 2018.  The revisions addressed by this Errata document are to Section J of the MDS 3.0 Item Set, v1.16.1, specifically J2000 –  Prior Surgery.  “The criteria for major surgery needed to be modified…… Continue reading MDS 3.0 RAI Manual Errata Posted

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® CMS has posted a Q&A document from the July 31st/August 1st SNF Quality Reporting Program training held in Baltimore, MD. This 13-page document begins with an Acronym List and contains the answers (current as of September 2018) to 33 questions asked during these sessions: 6…… Continue reading 2018 SNF QRP Training Documents and Videos Posted

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® This afternoon, CMS hosted a follow-up training designed to provide information about properly coding the new items in Section GG as well as Section I that will be found on the MDS 3.0, v1.16.1 Item Set effective October 1, 2018.  The presentation handout provides additional…… Continue reading SNF QRP Provider Training – New Items in Section GG and I

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® Registration for today’s SNF QRP Training Webinar – Section N is closed but the  85-slide presentation document has been posted. If you would like your name placed on a list to receive an email notification when a recorded version of the webinar is available, please…… Continue reading Section N Pre-Training Materials Are Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® REGISTRATION OPEN – Upcoming SNF QRP Webinars (August 27 and September 12, 2018 Related to Changes Associated with Coding Sections GG, I, and N of the MDS The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be hosting two webinars for providers of Skilled Nursing…… Continue reading Upcoming SNF QRP Webinars – Registration Open

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® CMS posted the RAI User’s Manual for v1.16 – effective October 1, 2018 late in the day on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. This is a gift from CMS as it was originally reported to be available the 1st or 2nd week of September! Posting it…… Continue reading Breaking News! RAI User’s Manual for October 1, 2018 Posted!

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® The Iowa Department of Human Services issued an INFORMATIONAL LETTER NO. 1939-MC-FFS today (August 21, 2018) to “remind SNF/NF providers of the current process for MDS Section “Q” referrals to IME (Iowa Medicaid Enterprise).” The 2-page letter reiterates the “process of contacting IME after completion…… Continue reading Iowa SNFs/NFs – Reminder of Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Section Q Referral Process