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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS updated both the CASPER Reporting User’s Guide for PBJ Providers and MDS Providers this week. When you open this hyperlink, this is what you’ll see: Click on the MDS Providers field (or + sign) to see these contents: The cover has been updated because…… Continue reading CASPER Guides for PBJ Reports Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare An updated version (January 2020) of the General User, Registration and Submission FAQ is now available.  The 9-page FAQ includes information for new PBJ Users, answers to common data specification and submission questions as well as helpful links to find more detailed information. Information for…… Continue reading Updated PBJ FAQ Document

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Valentine’s Day, CMS issued QSO-20-11-NH with same title as the title of this blog. As you can see from the summary, these toolkits address high-quality sleep for residents with dementia as well as education and interventions to prevent common infections by improving ADL care.…… Continue reading Release of Additional Toolkits to Ensure Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare SNF QRP Quick Reference Guides for FY2021 and FY2022 have just been posted. The Quick Reference Guides provide high-level information on the SNF Quality Reporting Program, including frequently asked questions and helpful links, including Help Desk Assistance addresses and links to claims-based measures. “The IMPACT…… Continue reading Quick Reference Guides for SNF QRP

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to propose revised regulations for Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR). Sections 1919(b)(3)(F) and (e)(7) of the Social Security Act require that all applicants to and residents of Medicaid-certified…… Continue reading Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Maybe it’s my age or my tenure in the LTC field the past 40+ years.  I found this Thirty-Year Trends in Nursing Home Composition and Quality Since the Passage of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act study published in JAMDA (Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)…… Continue reading Thirty-Year Trends in Nursing Home Composition and Quality Since the Passage of OBRA

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare No policy changes are conveyed in Change Request: 11632 but the posting is something you should be aware of.  CMS is correcting previous modification errors with edits made previously.  Here’s the gist of this CR (bolding added by me for emphasis): SUMMARY OF CHANGES: This…… Continue reading Second Update to CR 11152 Implementation of SNF PDPM Corrects Previous Errors