Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On April 20, 2023, HHS issued thisPress Release: The Biden-Harris Administration has made promoting competition and protecting consumers a top priority. Today, in support of the President’s Executive Order on promoting competition and the Administration’s commitment to transparency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…… Continue reading HHS Making Ownership Data for All Medicare-Certified Hospice and Home Health Agencies Publicly Available
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How to Upload an MDS Assessment to iQIES – Training Video
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you’re having issues uploading MDS assessments to iQIES (that transition was effective Monday, April 17, 2023), there’s a quick, video resource that can help: Upload an Assessment for MDS Usersis a 6-minute video.
CMS April 2023 Quarterly Home Health Q&As
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS past posted the April 2023 CMS Quarterly OASIS Q&As. This Q&A is 6 pages in length, addressing 14 questions: Question 1: When did the new risk models for 2023 take effect? Question 2: Are the new items that were added to the OASIS-E instrument being…… Continue reading CMS April 2023 Quarterly Home Health Q&As
UPDATED AGENDA: April 19, 2023 Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 PM at 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Opening Remarks Chair…… Continue reading UPDATED AGENDA: April 19, 2023 Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum
CMS iQIES Survey & Certification User Manuals
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted an update to CMS iQIES Survey & Certification User Manuals on April 14, 2023. The CMS iQIES Reports User Manual v2.3 is the most recent update to these manuals with the date of April 17, 2023. April 17, 2023 is the date that LTC…… Continue reading CMS iQIES Survey & Certification User Manuals
Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum – April 19, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 PM at 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Opening Remarks Chair…… Continue reading Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum – April 19, 2023
New CMS QI Voices Audio Series Offers Nursing Home Leaders the Facts About COVID-19
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Vaccines, Treatments and Promising Practices to Improve Resident Outcomes CMS QI Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America, a new audio series produced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is available for listening at https://qioprogram.org/cmsqivoices. This audio series is designed to…… Continue reading New CMS QI Voices Audio Series Offers Nursing Home Leaders the Facts About COVID-19
Medicare Home Health PPS CY 2023: Materials from March Webinar
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted materials from the Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System CY 2023 Behavior Change Recap, 60-Day Episode Construction Overview, and Payment Rate Development webinar. Updated presentation (updates to slide 35 and 42) Audio (Passcode: =u.#r7XD) Transcript See the Home Health Patient-Driven Groupings Model webpage for…… Continue reading Medicare Home Health PPS CY 2023: Materials from March Webinar
SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical 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 July 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports are…… Continue reading SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available
MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual v15.0 Updated March 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS quietly provided updates to the MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual v15.0 on March 22, 2023. Here’s what you’ll see when you access the hyperlink above and open the .zip file: Note: the Appendix and Nursing Home Compare Claims-based Measures Technical Specifications 2023 are the…… Continue reading MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual v15.0 Updated March 2023
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