Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the Specifications for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program Total Nursing Hours per Resident Day Measure. This is a 9-page document. Please be sure to download this document and share/review with your team, including the MDS Coordinator and PBJ…… Continue reading CMS Posts Specifications for SNF VBP Total Nursing Hours per Resident Day Measure
Skilled Nursing Facilities: Participate in Interoperability Survey
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare IQVIA is conducting a survey for the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to assess skilled nursing facility (SNF) capabilities related to interoperability, electronically exchanging information across organizations and systems. This may improve care transitions between acute-care and post-acute care facilities. Why participate? Your…… Continue reading Skilled Nursing Facilities: Participate in Interoperability Survey
Onboarding Schedule for MDS Transition to iQIES
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you listened to the August 4, 2022 CMS SNF/LTC Open Door Forum, you heard the announcement from Ellen Berry of CMS that SNFs/LTCs will transition to the iQIES system in early 2023. 3 PAC providers have already made this transition to submit OASIS (HH),…… Continue reading Onboarding Schedule for MDS Transition to iQIES
Significant Updates to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Manual, Chapter 5
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On August 12, 2022, CMS posted Transmittal 11550: Pages 2 through 9 of the 220-page document provide the overview of these changes. Note that the implementation and effective date of this transmittal is October 13, 2022. A corresponding MM12765- Significant Updates to Internet Only Manual…… Continue reading Significant Updates to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Manual, Chapter 5
SNF QRP Provider Threshold Report Unavailable
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The SNF Provider Threshold Report in the ‘SNF Quality Reporting Program’ report category in the CASPER Reporting application is unavailable. An issue has been identified with the display of HCP COVID-19 Vaccine data submission results. In some cases, the report display may indicate that HCP…… Continue reading SNF QRP Provider Threshold Report Unavailable
Infection Prevention and Control of Monkeypox in Healthcare Settings
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The CDC updated it’s guidance on Infection Prevention and Control of Monkeypox in HC Settings on August 11, 2022. This would be a good website to bookmark for reference.
IA: 2022 Civil Money Penalty Quality Improvement Initiative (CMPQII) Grant
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The purpose of this informational letter is to announce the availability of CMPQII grants for 2022 and inform potential applicants of two opportunities to submit proposals. Section 1919 of the Social Security Act and Iowa Code Section 249A.57 allows the state to impose civil money…… Continue reading IA: 2022 Civil Money Penalty Quality Improvement Initiative (CMPQII) Grant
Home Health (HH) OASIS-E Guidance Training Program
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a virtual training program that provides instruction on the guidance for the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-E. This training is part of a comprehensive strategy to ensure home health providers have access to the…… Continue reading Home Health (HH) OASIS-E Guidance Training Program
IRF/LTCH/SNF QRP August 15, 2022 Submission Deadline Reminder
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching. IRF-PAI and LTCH CARE Data Set assessment data and data submitted to CMS via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National…… Continue reading IRF/LTCH/SNF QRP August 15, 2022 Submission Deadline Reminder
Revised Guide to Home Health Help Desks
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare A revised version of the comprehensive 1-page Guide to Home Health Help Desks is now available in the downloads section of the Home Health Quality Reporting Program Help Desk webpage, https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/Help-Desk. This document provides guidance to home health providers for questions related to a variety of…… Continue reading Revised Guide to Home Health Help Desks
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