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On June 2nd, CMS distributed the 1st quarter 2017 SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Review and Correct Reports. These reports contain quality measure information for the 3 SNF QRP measures currently in play in the SNF QRP:
Buh bye RUG IV, hello RCS-1?
Emergency preparedness was a topic of great concern through much of 2016. The Zika virus seemed to move further north than anticipated. Terror threats rocked community foundations. Flooding in Louisiana left the state’s medical resources struggling, and while winter seemed to come late, the first major storm of the season brought sub-zero temperatures to much of the country, driving up the...
During the SNF Open Door Forum (ODF) held on Thursday, March 3 CMS introduced six new Quality Measures that will be reported on the Nursing Home Compare (NHC) website in April 2016. The six new Quality Measures that will be reported on NHC will include four short-stay measures and two long-stay measures. In addition, three of the new Quality Measures will be claims-based measures. This is a...
I happened across the recent article in McKnight’s about the new three-year pilot program regarding infection control and prevention.
This blog post was previously published on the Redilearning blog and is republished here. Redilearning became part of Relias Learning in October, 2015.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formally unveiled Nursing Home Compare (NHC) 3.0 to the public today, marking the third major revision to the 5-Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes.
