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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing notifications to facilities that were determined to be out of compliance with Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for CY 2023, which will affect their FY 2025 Annual Payment Update (APU). Non-compliance notifications are being distributed by the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and were placed into facilities’ CASPER folders in QIES, for Hospices and into facilities’ My Reports folders in the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES), for IRFs, LTCHs and SNFs, on July 03, 2024. Facilities that receive a letter of non-compliance may submit a request for reconsideration to CMS via email no later than 11:59 pm, August 14, 2024. https://cstu.io/8bece0

Let us remember the heroes that gave us our freedom and pay tribute to them. Happy 4th of July!

Shout out to all the amazing MDS nurses who are Rockin' it! #MDS Nurse Rocks

MDS Consultant's Senior Advisors and Executive Trainers, Linda Winston and Barb Bates, presenting Journey Through Resident Care Planning on the last day of NADONA's National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri.

Calling all Administrators, Directors of Nursing, MDS Coordinators, and Interdisciplinary Team Members! Want to learn about significant change MDS assessments? Save the Date: July 9 | Significant Change: Identifying and Completing Join our webinar to: Identify significant change criteria per MDS 3.0 Review MDS 3.0 scheduling for significant changes Discover best practices for monitoring resident status changes Your Trainers: Jessica Stucin, RN, BSN, LNHA, RAC-CT, RAC-CTA, and Linda J. Winston, RN, MSN, BS, QCP-MT, DNS-MT, RAC-CT, RAC-CTA Register now! https://cstu.io/fa79ed #MDSConsultants #HealthcareEducation #Nursing #LongTermCare #MDSWebinarall

Calling all Administrators, Directors of Nursing, MDS Coordinators, and Interdisciplinary Team Members! Want to learn about significant change MDS assessments? Save the Date: July 9 | Significant Change: Identifying and Completing Join our webinar to: Identify significant change criteria per MDS 3.0 Review MDS 3.0 scheduling for significant changes Discover best practices for monitoring resident status changes Your Trainers: Jessica Stucin, RN, BSN, LNHA, RAC-CT, RAC-CTA, and Linda J. Winston, RN, MSN, BS, QCP-MT, DNS-MT, RAC-CT, RAC-CTA Register now! https://cstu.io/fa79ed #MDSConsultants #HealthcareEducation #Nursing #LongTermCare #MDSWebinarall

🌟 We had an amazing time at the NADONA Conference and Trade Show! 🌟 Our team at MDS Consultants enjoyed connecting with so many passionate professionals dedicated to enhancing long-term care. Thank you to everyone who stopped by Booth #111 to learn more about our MDS management and consulting services. We look forward to continuing these conversations and supporting your facilities with our expertise in MDS completion, system management, and training. #NADONA #MDSConsultants #LongTermCare #HealthcareExcellence #MDSManagement

CMS posted the QSO-24-13 NH on 6/18/2024. The memorandum summary states, under the “Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting” final rule, the requirements for Facility Assessment have been revised. These revised requirements have been moved to 42 CFR 483.71. Existing regulations at 42 CFR 483.70(f) through (q) have been redesignated as paragraphs (e) through (p), respectively. https://cstu.io/dfd401

CMS has posted the participant's questions from the SNF QRP: ACHIEVING A FULL ANNUAL PAYMENT UPDATE (APU) WEBINAR On March 26, 2024. View the questions here: https://lnkd.in/ggDPZsTr

The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on or around June 21, 2024. Provider Preview Reports have moved to iQIES as of August 2023. Please follow the steps below to locate the Provider Preview Report in iQIES: 1) Log into iQIES at https://iqies.cms.gov/ using your Health Care Quality Information Systems (HCQIS) Access Roles and Profile (HARP) user ID and password. 2) Select the My Reports option from the Reports menu. 3) From the My Reports page, locate the Provider Preview Reports folder. Nursing Home Care Compare will update with the May Five Star data on or around June 26, 2024. Important Note: The 5 Star Help line (800-839-9290) will be available June 24 through June 28, 2024. https://lnkd.in/gzrefwKm