Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted an updated Five-Star Technical Users’ Guide this morning, April 29, 2020. The following statement appears on the page prior to the Introduction page: April 2020 Revisions: Temporary Changes due to COVID-I9 On March 23, CMS announced a new, targeted inspection plan designed to…… Continue reading Five-Star Technical Users’ Guide Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted QSO-20-28-NH late in the day on Friday.  Here’s the Memorandum Summary for this 15-page notification: A couple of the subjects in this notification speak to surveys, quality measures and staffing domains (MDS and PBJ).  I’ve highlighted key verbiage in both: “Due to the…… Continue reading CMS Updates for Nursing Homes – Friday, April 24, 2020

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare ezPBJ, a Briggs family member, has received new details from CMS regarding its recent PBJ reporting waiver. The original PBJ reporting waiver (issued two weeks ago) stated that nursing facilities do not have to submit Q1 (Jan. 1–Mar. 31) data by May 15. We reached…… Continue reading CMS Update: New Guidance on PBJ Reporting Waiver

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the day Monday, April 13, 2020, CMS posted QSO-20-25-NH. This 5-page memorandum includes 3 transfer scenarios:     Please review the entire memorandum with your team.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the day on Friday, April 10, 2020, CMS posted the public inspection copy of the FY2021 SNF PPS Proposed Rule – CMS-1737-P.  This 93-page document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2020 online at federalregister.gov/d/2020-07875 on that…… Continue reading CMS Posts FY2021 SNF PPS Proposed Rule

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS held a brief call for Nursing Homes yesterday afternoon.  I attended the 30-minute call which was quite different from other such COVID-19 calls.  Here are my take-aways from that call: The call was chaired by the Interim Director of the Clinical Division of NHs…… Continue reading CMS Call Recap: Lessons from COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a call on COVID-19 with Nursing Homes tomorrow, Wednesday, April 8th at 4:30 PM EST. CMS leadership will provide updates on the agency’s latest guidance and we will be joined by leaders in the…… Continue reading CMS Nursing Home Call: COVID-19 on April 8, 2020