Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Washington, DC, March 15, 2022—Today, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) releases its March 2022 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy. The report includes MedPAC’s analyses of payment adequacy in traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare and reviews the status of Medicare Advantage (MA) and the prescription…… Continue reading MedPAC Releases March 2022 Report on Medicare Payment Policy
2022 NHSN Q1 Newsletter Available
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The 2022 Q1 newsletter is now available on the NHSN website at https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/newsletters/index.html. Inside this issue – Patient Safety updates and Training Announcement, Healthcare Personnel Safety Module information, Quarterly Data Checks for NHSN Dialysis Event, first quarter General NHSN information, and more. The newsletter is 18…… Continue reading 2022 NHSN Q1 Newsletter Available
Attention Home Health Providers: Review Your HHA Provider Preview Reports
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS identified an iQIES system nuance that may affect your HHA’s Services Provided values that are displayed on the HHA Provider Preview reports for the April 2022 refresh. These reports were distributed in iQIES on 02/23/2022. CMS is asking each HHA to carefully review the Services…… Continue reading Attention Home Health Providers: Review Your HHA Provider Preview Reports
MDS 3.0 Frequency Report – 4th Quarter 2021 Available Now
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare I don’t believe I’ve blogged on these reports in the past, but I have accessed and used them often (e.g., research). You may find them interesting as well. The MDS 3.0 Frequency Report summarizes information for active residents currently in nursing homes. The source of these…… Continue reading MDS 3.0 Frequency Report – 4th Quarter 2021 Available Now
CMS Revises QSO-20-39-NH: Nursing Home Visitation
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare In addition to revising QSO-20-38-NH on March 10, 2022, CMS also revised QSO-20-39-NH: Nursing Home Visitation and the Nursing Home Visitation FAQ. Just as with the revision of QSO-20-38-NH, the updated QSO-20-39-NH is found with the other 2021 QSO Memorandums and not obvious as a 2022…… Continue reading CMS Revises QSO-20-39-NH: Nursing Home Visitation
National Patient Safety Awareness Week: March 13 – 19, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event intended to encourage everyone to learn more about health care safety. During this week, IHI (Institute of Healthcare Improvement) seeks to advance important discussions locally and globally, and inspire action to improve the safety of the health…… Continue reading National Patient Safety Awareness Week: March 13 – 19, 2022
CMS Revises QSO-20-38-NH: LTC Facility COVID-19 Testing Requirements
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare With the date of March 10, 2022, CMS quietly updated QSO-20-38-NH. [FYI NOTE: Last week, I reported that CMS had posted an updated Nursing Home Visitation FAQ document on March 10, 2022. Trying to locate a corresponding QSO, I found the revised QSO Memorandum further down…… Continue reading CMS Revises QSO-20-38-NH: LTC Facility COVID-19 Testing Requirements
CMS Updates Nursing Home Resource Center
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has updated the Nursing Home Resource Center with the date of March 1, 2022. “Here, you’ll find our nursing home resources, including COVID-19 public health emergency response information.”
FY2022 State Performance Standards System (SPSS) Guidance Released
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted Admin Info: 22-06-ALL on Thursday, March 10, 2022. This is a 27-page Memorandum. Every year, CMS conducts a formal assessment of each State Survey Agencies’ (SAs’) performance relative to measures included in the SPSS program. CMS works with the SAs to strengthen oversight so…… Continue reading FY2022 State Performance Standards System (SPSS) Guidance Released
Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted COVID-19 Nursing Home data for the week ending February 27, 2022. Comparing the February 27th data to the February 20th data shows these differences: Resident vaccination rate rose 0.1% from the previous weekResidents with booster doses (new the week of 2/6) increased by 1.2% this past weekStaff…… Continue reading Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
BriggsNetNews 