Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Long-term care physicians enrich their patients’ lives all year long. But one special day is set aside to honor their dedication to caring for the frail elderly and other residents in long-term care facilities. The National Day of Recognition for Long Term Care Physicians is set…… Continue reading National Day of Recognition for Long Term Care Physicians

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The March 16, 2023 MLN Connects reminds SNF providers to download your March quarterly feedback report for the FY 2024  from the CASPER reporting system. Review data for upcoming measure and scoring calculations, including planned and unplanned readmissions. This data isn’t eligible for the review and correction…… Continue reading Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program – Download Your March Feedback Report

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Historically, nursing homes have experienced challenges preparing for and responding to emergencies. To address these challenges, HHS has taken steps to bolster nursing home emergency preparedness and response through regulations such as CMS’s Conditions of Participation (CoPs). However, prior OIG reviews and continued challenges during recent…… Continue reading March 2023 Addition to OIG Work Plan: State Survey Agency Processes for Overseeing Nursing Home Preparedness

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Long-Term Care (LTC) Preparedness Toolkit was updated on Feb. 24 and is now available on the Minnesota Department of Health’s Long-Term Care (LTC) Emergency Preparedness which is also the state’s LTC Emergency Preparedness web page. This toolkit can help LTC facilities and agencies prepare for the…… Continue reading Minnesota: LTC Emergency Preparedness Toolkit Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you read my blog last week introducing this valuable resource, I’m happy to report that it’s now “open for business”.   I encourage you, your team and colleagues to check it out. This resource will definitely benefit nursing facilities! Bookmark this landing page to access information…… Continue reading Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) is Now Available!

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This toolkit is intended for use by personnel in state, tribal, local, and territorial public health departments and LTCFs, including skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities. Targeted to public health departments and LTCFs, including skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, the toolkit encourages an investigation into even a…… Continue reading Group A Strep in Long-term Care Facilities: Identifying and Managing Outbreaks (Toolkit)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Beginning Spring 2023, the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) will provide training and resources to skilled nursing facility staff who care for residents with a variety of behavioral health conditions. This is a three-year cooperative agreement awarded to Alliant Health Solutions…… Continue reading Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) Launches March 15, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has provided another update to the iQIES Roles Matrix Job Aid as of February 28, 2023. This is now version 3.3.  The previous update was February 9, 2023, version 3.2. Other than the version number and date changes at the bottom of each page, you’ll…… Continue reading iQIES Roles Matrix Job Aid Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS is excited to announce that the transition of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) submission to the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) will occur on Monday, April 17, 2023. To prepare for this release, all state configurations made in the legacy QIES MDS DMS…… Continue reading iQIES for Minimum Data Set (MDS) Submissions on April 17, 2023