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Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) – A Global Initiative Important to Skilled Nursing Providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of Mental Health report CMS Framework for Health Equity 2022 and 2032 states that health equity is defined by the attainment of the...
Trauma and the MDS – A Sneak Peak
Trauma informed care has become an area of focus for Post Acute Care providers and survey agencies. Organizations are required to provide trauma-informed care that meets “professional standards of...
New Year….Same MDS Obstacle Course
As we ring in 2024, long term care professionals are still struggling to implement the October 2023 updates to the MDS. CMS is already talking about more changes in 2024, and the anticipation...
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The MDS Data Specifications V3.02.0 (DRAFT) are now available for download. The Section GG goal items will be removed, and three new items will be added: O0350 (a COVID-19 related item). and N0415K1 and N0415K2 (anticonvulsant items). Also, items A2121-A2122 will be removed from the NPE ISC. Note that Section S item additions are not present in this DRAFT version but will be present in the FINAL specs later this year. CMS encourages the vendor community to begin reviewing these draft specifications in preparation for a vendor call in April. cstu.io/cbdeec ... See MoreSee Less
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Let’s discuss how the NAC, Medical Records, and Coding ensure assessment requirements are being met while providing quality of care to each individual resident on 3/19/2024 at 11 am EST. www.mdsexpert.com/webinars-training/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Celebrate LTC Nursing Home Administrator's this week. The NHA is the top leader in nursing facilities that provide care to our residents and to their staff. ... See MoreSee Less
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The Social Work Month theme for 2024 is Empowering Social Workers! Let's recognize the hard work that our social workers provide to our residents in the long-term care setting. The social worker is an extensive part of the IDT team within a facility that is involved in the RAI/MDS system. ... See MoreSee Less
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The February update of Appendix B to the RAI 3.0 User’s Manual contains changes to the list of State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, and CMS locations and contacts. Attached are the PDF updates. cstu.io/8da9d9
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar to educate providers as to current changes focused on the goal of achieving a full Annual Payment Update (APU) in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP). This webinar will cover updates to the SNF QRP, Minimum Data Set (MDS) and National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) submission and reporting requirements, available Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) and NHSN reports, the reconsideration process for providers who are identified as being noncompliant, and helpful resources for providers. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FdaE94ZTSkqVUJH8v-5BaA#/registration ... See MoreSee Less
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The March 2024 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). These reports contain interim stay-level data for the SNF 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Measure (SNFRM) for 10/1/2022 – 6/30/2023 (Quarter 1 – Quarter 3 of FY 2023, the FY 2025 SNF VBP Program performance period).https://iqies.cms.gov/iqies ... See MoreSee Less
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An extra day to get billing done 😂😂😂😂😂