Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 PM at 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Opening Remarks Chair…… Continue reading Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum – April 19, 2023
New CMS QI Voices Audio Series Offers Nursing Home Leaders the Facts About COVID-19
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Vaccines, Treatments and Promising Practices to Improve Resident Outcomes CMS QI Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America, a new audio series produced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is available for listening at https://qioprogram.org/cmsqivoices. This audio series is designed to…… Continue reading New CMS QI Voices Audio Series Offers Nursing Home Leaders the Facts About COVID-19
Medicare Home Health PPS CY 2023: Materials from March Webinar
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted materials from the Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System CY 2023 Behavior Change Recap, 60-Day Episode Construction Overview, and Payment Rate Development webinar. Updated presentation (updates to slide 35 and 42) Audio (Passcode: =u.#r7XD) Transcript See the Home Health Patient-Driven Groupings Model webpage for…… Continue reading Medicare Home Health PPS CY 2023: Materials from March Webinar
SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the July 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports are…… Continue reading SNF Provider Preview Reports Now Available
Most Recent CDC, CMS and NHSN COVID-19 Nursing Home Data
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the latest COVID-19 nursing home data for the week ending April 2, 2023. Comparing the April 2, 2023 data to the March 26, 2023 data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate remained unchanged this past week; Residents up to date with…… Continue reading Most Recent CDC, CMS and NHSN COVID-19 Nursing Home Data
MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual v15.0 Updated March 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS quietly provided updates to the MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual v15.0 on March 22, 2023. Here’s what you’ll see when you access the hyperlink above and open the .zip file: Note: the Appendix and Nursing Home Compare Claims-based Measures Technical Specifications 2023 are the…… Continue reading MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual v15.0 Updated March 2023
Critical Access Hospital PEPPER Available Including Upcoming Q4FY22 CAH PEPPER Review Webinar
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Q4FY22 release of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) with statistics through September 2022 is now available for download through the PEPPER Resources Portal. To obtain your CAH PEPPER, the Chief Executive Officer, President, Administrator, Compliance Officer, Quality…… Continue reading Critical Access Hospital PEPPER Available Including Upcoming Q4FY22 CAH PEPPER Review Webinar
Attention: iQIES Planned System Outage April 13 8pm thru April 17 8am ET
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Due to scheduled maintenance, the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) won’t be available from: Thursday, April 13, 2023 8 p.m. ET until Monday, April 17, 2023 8 a.m. ET. iQIES Service Center For questions about this information, please contact our QIES/iQIES Service Center by phone at…… Continue reading Attention: iQIES Planned System Outage April 13 8pm thru April 17 8am ET
OMB Renews CMS-R-131 Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare April 4, 2023: The ABN, Form CMS-R-131, and form instructions have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal. The use of the renewed form with the expiration date of 01/31/2026 will be mandatory on 6/30/23. The renewal form may be used/issued prior to this…… Continue reading OMB Renews CMS-R-131 Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage
Updated Provider Demographic Update Instructions
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS will be transitioning to a new data source for a provider’s demographic data for all five Post-Acute Care (PAC) provider types (Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Facilities (SNF/NFs), Home Health Agencies (HHAs), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs), Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs) and Hospices). These demographic data include such…… Continue reading Updated Provider Demographic Update Instructions
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