Long-term care facilities can track weekly vaccination data for residents and healthcare personnel (HCP) through NHSN. April 2024 Updates Person-Level COVID-19 Vaccination Forms – Instructions and Guidance Documents INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPORTING PERSON-LEVEL VACCINATION DATA Person-Level COVID-19 Vaccination Data – CSV Data Import VARIABLE DESCRIPTION AND FILE LAYOUT FOR RESIDENTS AND …
The Early Look Performance Score Reports for the FY 2026 SNF VBP Program are now available for download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). Beginning in the FY 2026 Program year, the SNF VBP Program is expanding to assess performance on multiple quality measures rather than a single measure. …
Biden-Harris Administration Takes Historic Action to Increase Access to Quality Care, and Support to Families and Care Workers Nursing home minimum staffing standards promote resident care and safety Medicaid and CHIP to have historic access standards, advance fair compensation for direct care workers The U.S. Department of Health and Human …
COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage, and Rates of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization Among Residents in Nursing Homes — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, October 2023–February 2024 Weekly / April 18, 2024 / 73(15);339–344 Summary What is already known about this topic? Nursing home residents are at increased risk for severe COVID-19. …
The “PDPM Grouper JAR Package V2.2002.zip” is now available. This release was updated to support corrections to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 code mapping for the purposes of resident classification under the PDPM for Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility …
From https://www.cms.gov/medicare/payment/prospective-payment-systems/skilled-nursing-facility-snf/list-federal-regulations/cms-1779-f2 Note: Typically, this file is posted at https://www.cms.gov/medicare/payment/prospective-payment-systems/skilled-nursing-facility-snf/patient-driven-model
The Microsoft Access database containing the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes allowed for item I0020B has been updated to reflect changes occurring soon with PDPM V2.2002. The new tables added should be treated as retroactive for FY2024. Please review the README.TXT included in the ZIP file From https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/nursing-home-improvement/minimum-data-set-technical-information
See the section “Enhance Enrollees’ Rights to Appeal a Medicare Advantage Plan’s Decision to Terminate Coverage for Non-Hospital Provider Services” for details on expedited determination changes for Medicare Advantage residents. Contract Year 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule (CMS-4205-F) On April 4, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & …
Update: April, 2024 CMS consistently strives to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our nursing home oversight and compliance programs to protect residents’ health and safety. In 2017, CMS implemented a new nursing home survey process across all states, in conjunction with the implementation of revised Requirements for Participation for …
Report 1: Concerns Remain About Safeguards To Protect Residents During Facility-Initiated Discharges From Nursing Homes Issued on 03/29/2024 | Posted on 04/03/2024 | Report number: OEI-01-18-00251 Report Materials Why OIG Did This Review Facility-initiated discharges that do not follow Federal regulations can be unsafe and traumatic, leading to resident harm. CMS and State Long-Term Care Ombudsmen …
