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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare       The Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Version 4.0, Change Table, and Risk Adjustment Appendix File are now available. These documents serve as an update to the specifications used to calculate quality measures that are included in…… Continue reading SNF, IRF and LTCH QRP Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manuals V4.0 and Accompanying Documents Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be undergoing an email transition over the Labor Day weekend (late Friday, September 2, to early Tuesday, September 6). CMS employees will not be able to access or receive email during the transition. If you send…… Continue reading Upcoming CMS Email Transition Over Labor Day Weekend

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC issued this HAN Health Advisory the afternoon of Tuesday, August 30, 2022. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to provide updates on recent variant influenza virus infections and summarize CDC’s recommendations for identification, treatment, and…… Continue reading Variant Influenza Virus Infections: Recommendations for Identification, Treatment, and Prevention for Summer and Fall 2022 (HAN Health Advisory Issued)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare 2022 Iowa Medicaid Annual Provider Training sessions will be held in-person and via Zoom live broadcast. There will be six 4-hour sessions. Each session will cover the same material; providers need only sign up for one session. Iowa Medicaid will record the sessions and post the…… Continue reading 2022 Iowa Medicaid Annual Provider Training