Since the implementation of the RAI User’s Manual version 1.18.11 on Oct. 1, 2023, several long-term care nursing facilities have experienced electronic health record (EHR) software issues as well as complications with the MDS 3.0 Data Specifications provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), impacting many MDS …
From the Moving Forward Coalition and the Live Oaks Project: https://movingforwardcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Guidance-on-Culture-Change-for-Nursing-Home-Quality-Improvement.pdf?mc_cid=d4ffa43439&mc_eid=0c83b59b91
Video and transcript available This live Q&A session allowed participants to ask CMS subject matter experts about the methodologies and interpretations of the CMS Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports for post-acute care (PAC) providers in the Home Health (HH), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing …
Some items of potential interest: HHS/FDA Proposed Rule Stage Medical Devices; General and Plastic Surgery Devices; Classification of Certain Solid Wound Dressings, Wound Dressings Formulated as a Gel, Cream, or Ointment, and Liquid Wound Washes 0910-AI26 HHS/OIG Proposed Rule Stage Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Office …
Memo # Admin Info: 24-05-NH Posting Date 2023-11-20 Fiscal Year 2024 Memorandum Summary • Guidance and Focus Concerns – Identifies the FY2024 and FY2025 Focus Concerns and guidance on how CMS Location staff will conduct Federal Monitoring Surveys (FMS). • LSC and Health FMS Estimates – Communicates estimated FY2024 and …
This job aid outlines the user roles and privileges in iQIES. All users must have a role in iQIES. Version 4.1 is now available at https://qtso.cms.gov/system/files/qtso/iQIES%20User%20Roles%20Matrix%20Job%20Aid%20v4.1%20FINAL%2011.14.2023_0.pdf
Audit of Nursing Homes’ Nurse Staffing Hours Reported in CMS’s Payroll-Based Journal Nursing homes are required to electronically submit complete and accurate direct care staffing information to CMS’s Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) system on a quarterly basis. Direct care staff include nurse and non-nurse staff who, through interpersonal contact with nursing …
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Rules Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities; Medicare Providers’ and Suppliers’ Disclosure of Private Equity Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts Filed on: 11/15/2023 at 8:45 amScheduled Pub. Date: 11/17/2023 Permalink Fact sheet …
Key points: Read the full report: https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/nh-ownership-its-implications-quality-availability-care
The GCPG is a reference guide for the health care compliance community and other health care stakeholders. The GCPG provides information about relevant Federal laws, compliance program infrastructure, OIG resources, and other items useful for understanding health care compliance. The GCPG is voluntary guidance that discusses general compliance risks and compliance programs. The GCPG …
