Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for: Date: Thursday, December 8, 2022 Start Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. Conference Leaders: Todd Smith &…… Continue reading CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum – Thursday, December 8, 2022
FY 2024 SNF VBP Program December 2022 Quarterly Reports Now Available
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The December 2022 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES)/Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) reporting system. These reports contain facility…… Continue reading FY 2024 SNF VBP Program December 2022 Quarterly Reports Now Available
Latest CMS, NHSN and CDC COVID-19 Nursing Home Data Posted
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending November 20, 2022. Comparing the November 20th data to the November 13th data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate decreased 0.1% this week Residents up to date with vaccines increased 0.8% – same as the…… Continue reading Latest CMS, NHSN and CDC COVID-19 Nursing Home Data Posted
Home Health Claims: New Grouper Edits
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted Transmittal 11714 – Change Request 12924 on November 18, 2022. This Change Request contains no new policy. It improves the implementation of existing policies. The Home Health (HH) Grouper program contains various data validity edits that ensure consistent and accurate data is used when…… Continue reading Home Health Claims: New Grouper Edits
Five-Star Preview Reports Available on December 5, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on December 5, 2022. To access these reports, select the CASPER Reporting link located on the CMS QIES Systems for Providers page. Once in the CASPER Reporting system, select the ‘Folders’ button, then select ‘My Inbox’ or the…… Continue reading Five-Star Preview Reports Available on December 5, 2022
World AIDS Day: Putting Ourselves to the Test – Achieving Equity to End HIV
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Each year on December 1st, we commemorate World AIDS Day. This important awareness day remains a time to reflect on our worldwide response to HIV/AIDS while honoring the lives of those lost to AIDS-related illnesses. On this day, we also renew our commitment to supporting the…… Continue reading World AIDS Day: Putting Ourselves to the Test – Achieving Equity to End HIV
It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over…but It’s Never Over – Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Once considered a potentially static field of medicine, the discipline of studying infectious diseases has proven to be dynamic as emerging and reemerging infectious diseases present continuous challenges, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., writes in a perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine. In the piece,…… Continue reading It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over…but It’s Never Over – Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare It’s never fun to share a negative article about healthcare providers but it’s important for the industry to be aware of what’s “out there” in the media. Such an article was published on November 28, 2022 for the December 5, 2022 edition of The New Yorker;…… Continue reading How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle
MN Providers: Upcoming Home Care Matters Meeting – December 2, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Date: Friday, December 2, 2022Time: 12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.Topics: OHFC Investigations Process and Home Care Complaints You are invited to join the Home Care Matters WebEx Series hosted by the MDH Health Regulation Division. We encourage basic and comprehensive home care providers and stakeholders attend to learn…… Continue reading MN Providers: Upcoming Home Care Matters Meeting – December 2, 2022
Action Required: Register for an iQIES Account
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare As previously announced, CMS is preparing to release the Internet-facing, cloud-based system, referred to as the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) for Minimum Data Set (MDS) submission, in early 2023. Although the MDS submission functionality will not be available immediately, we strongly encourage users…… Continue reading Action Required: Register for an iQIES Account
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