Main Points Deprescribing has emerged as a clinical practice to reduce polypharmacy and use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and serve as a mechanism for quality improvement and increased patient safety. The purpose of this rapid response is to summarize recent literature on the use of deprescribing to improve the …
Care Compare refreshes MDS 3.0 Quality Measure (QM) data quarterly in January, April, July, and October with the most recent four full quarters of data. AAPACN’s 2024 Five-Star and Care Compare MDS 3.0 Quality Measure Data Periods tool identifies exactly which quarters will be publicly reported and used in Five-Star …
Like in-house hospital readmissions, post-discharge hospital readmissions can affect provider performance in the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program (SNF VBP), says Carol Hill, MSN, RN, LNHA, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, CPC, president of Hill Educational Services in Warrior, AL. “With the Skilled Nursing Facility 30 Day All-Cause Readmission Measure …
Hand Hygiene, Gown and Glove Use Adherence Protocols Supporting Chapters Data Collection Forms & Instructions All Data Collection Forms are Print-only PPM Monthly Reporting Plan Annual Facility Survey LTCF Training FAQs Supporting Materials Guidance Documents Analysis Resources From https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/process-measures/index.html
Multidrug-Resistant Organism & Clostridioides difficile (MDRO/CDI) Infection Event Reporting Module Using Laboratory-identified Event Methodology Protocols Supporting Chapters Note: This document includes CDC locations and labels for all NHSN facility types. For Long-term Care Facility locations and labels, see pages 28-29. Data Collection Forms & Instructions All Data Collection Forms are Print-only MDRO/CDI …
Protocols Supporting Chapters Data Collection Forms & Instructions All Data Collection Forms are Print-only UTI Events Denominator Forms Monthly Reporting Plan Annual Facility Survey LTCF Training Educational Roadmap FAQs Supporting Materials Guidance Documents Analysis Resources Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/uti/index.html
Long-term care facilities can track weekly vaccination data for residents and healthcare personnel (HCP) through NHSN. January 2024 Updates Training Updates to Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Data Reporting: Long-term Care Facilities – January 2024 Slideset [PDF – 1,015 KB] Data Collection Forms and Instructions COVID-19 Vaccination Data Collections Forms Note: All data …
In this podcast, Jennifer LaBay, RN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, QCP, CRC, curriculum development specialist for AAPACN, and Jessie McGill, RN, BSN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, curriculum development specialist for AAPACN, discuss a few outstanding questions that members asked during the recent AAPACN webinar, Keep Quality Measures Hot During the Five-Star Freeze.
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In late December, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual v16.0. This manual has been updated to remediate a previous error in the Exclusions list of the following measures: “Rather than excluding both [antianxiety use dashed] N0415B1 = [-] and …
In response to provider questions related to the MDS 3.0 QM User’s Manual posted on September 20, 2023, an updated MDS 3.0 QM User’s Manual v16.0, effective 10-1-2023, is now posted. Additionally, the updated .zip file titled MDS 3.0 QM User’s Manual v16.0 Effective 10-1-2023 and Associated User Manual Files.zip includes a complete set …
