Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the Five-Star State Level Cut Point Table – June 2023today (June 28, 2023). This document – Five Star Quality Rating System Technical Users’ Guide: State Level Health Inspection Cut Point Table – provides the data for the state-level cut points for the star…… Continue reading Five-Star State Level Cut Point Table Updated June 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultants – Briggs Healthcare The June 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. Appendix B_June 2023 Changes to Appendix B_June 2023 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultants – Briggs Healthcare The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on or around June 21, 2023. 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 Inbox…… Continue reading Five-Star Preview Reports Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS is responsible for ensuring that participating nursing homes meet federal standards and provides information on nursing homes’ quality on its web-based tool, Care Compare. CMS’s Five-Star Rating System, which includes an overall and three component star ratings—health inspection, staffing, and quality measures—is a prominent source…… Continue reading CMS Offers Useful Information on Website and Is Considering Additional Steps to Assess Underlying Data

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The final Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version (v)1.18.11 have been updated and are now available in the Downloads section on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual page. The NC and NQ Item Sets have been replaced with revised versions; the…… Continue reading UPDATED: Final MDS 3.0 Item Sets version 1.18.11 v3

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Training: Updates to Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Data Reporting: Long-term Care Facilities – June 2023 Slideset [PDF – 2 MB] Data Collection Forms and Instructions ALL DATA COLLECTION FORMS ARE PRINT-ONLY Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Summary Form for Residents at LTCFs (57.218) [PDF – 194 KB] – June 2023 Table of…… Continue reading June 2023 NHSN HCP and Resident: Training and COVID-19 Vaccination Documentation Updates

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a virtual training program that provides instruction on the updated guidance for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) v1.18.11 Manual and Item Set. This training is part of…… Continue reading NEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE: The SNF MDS 3.0 RAI v1.18.11 Guidance Training Program

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently announced the start of the SNF (skilled nursing facility) 5 Claim Probe & Educate Review program. As part of the effort to lower the SNF improper payment rate, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will be reviewing a…… Continue reading Skilled Nursing Facility Probe and Educate Review

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), observed each year on June 15th, serves as a call-to-action for our communities to raise awareness about abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elders, and reaffirm our commitment to the principle of justice for all. An estimated 5 million, or 1…… Continue reading World Elder Abuse Awareness Day