Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has updated Section 5 of the MDS 3.0 Provider’s Guide.  The MDS 3.0 Provider User’s Guide provides information and instructions pertaining to the QIES ASAP MDS 3.0 system to Long-Term Care (LTC) facility and Swing Bed (SB) hospital users who are required to submit assessment…… Continue reading MDS 3.0 Provider’s Guide Updated – Error Messages

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On January 7, 2021, the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (IME) announced that effective December 29, 2020, the IME is using the Iowa Medicaid Portal Access (IMPA) for distribution of quarterly case mix rosters for nursing facilities.  This announcement is…… Continue reading Iowa LTC Providers: Medicaid Case Mix Roster Distribution Information

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted an update to the LTC Survey Process on Monday, January 4, 2021.  The Revision History for LTC Survey Process Documents and Files shows these additions to the Survey Resources folder: You’ll find the Survey Resources folder beneath Downloads on the update page (see link…… Continue reading CMS Posts LTC Survey Process Update

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare ON January 4, 2021, CMS issued a revised QSO-20-31-All … Revised COVID-19 Survey Activities, CARES Act Funding, Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control deficiencies, and Quality Improvement Activities in Nursing Homes. The Memorandum Summary shows these overall updates (note the verbiage in red) to this now 29-page…… Continue reading CMS Revises Infection Control Surveys – Adds 5 Triggers

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Appendix B of the RAI User’s Manual was updated on December 31, 2020.  This Appendix provides the contact information for state RAI and MDS Automation Coordinators as well as RAI Coordinator Panel Members and Regional Office Contacts. CMS provided the specific changes via this 1-page document. …… Continue reading CMS Updates Appendix B of the RAI User’s Manual

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late last week, CMS posted updates to 2 components of the survey process: #1 is a regulatory reference correction found in both the Word and PDF versions of CMS-20054.  These are found in the LTC Survey Pathways .zip file. #2 is also a regulatory reference correction…… Continue reading CMS Updates LTC Survey Process Documents

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for:   Date:  Thursday, December 17, 2020 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 &…… Continue reading CMS SNF/LTC Open Door Forum – Thursday, December 17, 2020

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The December 2020 quarterly refresh of LTCH QRP is now available on LTCH Compare as well as the Long-term care hospitals web pages within Care Compare (CCXP) and Provider Data Catalog (PDC). The data for assessment-based measures are based on quality assessment data submitted by LTCHs…… Continue reading December 2020 Quarterly Refresh of LTCH QRP