Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare ISMP’s List of Confused Drug Names contains look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) name pairs of medications that have been published in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Acute Care, the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Community/Ambulatory Care, and the FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names with Recommended Tall Man Letters.[1] Use this list to determine which medications require…… Continue reading List of Confused Drug Names
HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Enforcement: October 2023 Update
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated: October 2023 Update … MLN Matters Number: MM13299was posted August 3, 2023. CMS periodically updates the lists of HCPCS codes excluded from the CB provision of the SNF PPS. We may pay providers, other than SNFs, for services…… Continue reading HCPCS Codes Used for Skilled Nursing Facility Consolidated Billing Enforcement: October 2023 Update
Reminder … SNF Quality Reporting Program: Non-Compliance Notifications
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS provided notifications to Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and non-Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Swing Beds (SBs) that were determined to be out of compliance with SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for calendar year (CY) 2022, which will affect their fiscal year (FY) 2024 Annual Payment Update (APU). Non-compliance…… Continue reading Reminder … SNF Quality Reporting Program: Non-Compliance Notifications
Washington State: Streamline Skills Testing for Your Nursing Assistant Students and Employees
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Sharing the following on behalf of the Department of Health:… Dear Employers of Nursing Assistants: GOOD NEWS! We have worked to streamline skills testing for your nursing assistant students and employees: On August 7, 2023, the Washington State Board of Nursing (WABON) expanded its ability to…… Continue reading Washington State: Streamline Skills Testing for Your Nursing Assistant Students and Employees
FY2024 SNF VBP Performance Score Report User Guide
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the FY 2024 SNF VBP Program Performance Score Report User Guide. This (14-page) user guide accompanies the Performance Score Report (PSR) for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program year. It describes the data in each worksheet…… Continue reading FY2024 SNF VBP Performance Score Report User Guide
FY 2024 PDPM ICD-10 Mapping Updated
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Monday, August 7, 2023 … CMS posted FY 2024 DRAFT PDPM ICD-10 Mapping (ZIP). Note that the first 2 spreadsheets in this .zip file were updated Friday afternoon, August 4, 2023: On the PDPM Resources landing page, you’ll find: When you select the 2nd hyperlink –…… Continue reading FY 2024 PDPM ICD-10 Mapping Updated
New Resource: America Is Aging Infographic
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “LeadingAge and our dedicated members strive 24/7 to make America a better place to grow old. To achieve that goal it’s vital that key stakeholders—including the public, media, and policymakers—understand the vast and diverse population we serve, as well as their circumstances and needs. We recently produced…… Continue reading New Resource: America Is Aging Infographic
Reminder of Upcoming SNF QRP Data Submission Deadline
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The submission deadline for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) is approaching. Minimum Data Sets (MDS) assessment data and data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network…… Continue reading Reminder of Upcoming SNF QRP Data Submission Deadline
Registration Open for SNF QRP Listening Session: Expanding MDS Data Submission to All SNF Patients Regardless of Payer
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Date/Time: Tuesday, August 29th from 12pm-1:30pm ET Registration Link: Registration can be completed online through Webex. Acumen LLC on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a public, virtual listening session. On behalf of CMS, we are seeking feedback from administration and management staff,…… Continue reading Registration Open for SNF QRP Listening Session: Expanding MDS Data Submission to All SNF Patients Regardless of Payer
Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN COVID-19 Nursing Home Data
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the NH data for the week ending July 23, 2023. For a listing of vaccination rates for individual nursing homes, click here. The information comes up in an Excel spreadsheet entitled: Recent Facility Resident and Staff Vaccination Rates and Other Data, as reported for week…… Continue reading Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN COVID-19 Nursing Home Data
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