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Just Released The White House “Announces Most Sweeping Set of Executive Actions to Improve Care in History”
See fact sheet: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/18/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-most-sweeping-set-of-executive-actions-to-improve-care-in-history/ President Biden to “build on the minimum staffing standards for nursing homes and condition a portion of Medicare payments on how well a nursing home retains workers.”
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Informative video posted by CMS Upload an Assessment for MDS Users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEU9MeBOKNk&t=269s
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MMQ Nurses MassHealth has scheduled a Nursing Facility MDS Training. Sign up for educational link posted on Mass Senior Care
https://www.maseniorcare.org/member-resources/e-news-updates/masshealth-transition-patient-driven-payment-model-pdpm-masshealth April 14, 2023 Mass Senior Care has long supported and advocated for the conversion of the Medicaid MMQ payment system to the Federal MDS acuity system thereby eliminating the administrative burden of operating 2 acuity systems and to better capture the cost of resident care, which will become effective on October 1, 2023. MassHealth…
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Do you know what a Pepper report is for Skilled Nursing Facilities? Administrators have you accessed yours?
please visit link re: pepper reports .https://pepper.cbrpepper.org/Training-Resources/Skilled-Nursing-Facilities/PEPPER-Portal-Retrieval-Map Per map for Massachusetts this is what was retrieved thus far. Massachusetts Provider Type: SNFRelease: Q4FY22Available: 356Downloaded: 25Downloaded Percent: 7%National Download Rate: 13% Administrators what are you waiting for? Surveyors may ask you if you are aware of your pepper report results. Are you a new administrator and…
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Attention Administrators: Is your facility billing for Nursing facility rate-add- ons that have been in effect since 10-1-22?
See link below to check out additional revenue available if someone is monitoring and capturing opportunities. https://www.mass.gov/doc/nursing-facility-rate-add-ons-billing-guidance-effective-1012022-0/download Please reach out if you need help in identifying how to monitor.
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS 1779-P)
Extra Extra read all about it! review the proposed changes by clicking the link below: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/fiscal-year-fy-2024-skilled-nursing-facility-prospective-payment-system-proposed-rule-cms-1779-p
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MDS Draft RAI just released now the work can begin:
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/MDS30RAIManual If you as a MDS coordinator or anyone in your facility needs help in educating your staff please reach out to Skilled Nursing Support Maria.messina@skillednursingsupport.com Call for a discovery call of what I may be able to help you with. 1-617-429-9903
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Regulations that MDS Coordinators should be aware of to be survey ready related to changes in billing notices and completion of MDS
regulations are copied fromhttps://www.cms.gov/medicare/provider-enrollment-and-certification/guidanceforlawsandregulations/downloads/appendix-pp-state-operations-manual.pdf GUIDANCE §483.10(g)(17)-(18) Residents must be told in advance when changes will occur in their bills. Providers must fully inform the resident of services and related changes. A Medicare beneficiary who requires services upon admission that are not covered under Medicare may be required to submit a deposit provided the notice provisions…
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Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 2023
Do you understand the SNF quality reporting system? Please review answers to questions on link below. https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-initiatives-patient-assessment-instruments/nursinghomequalityinits/skilled-nursing-facility-quality-reporting-program/snf-quality-reporting-program-faqs- See actual questions here: FY2023-SNF-QRP-FAQs (PDF)
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“AG Campbell Issues Advisory on Maximum Rates for Temporary Staffing in Nursing Homes”
To Ensure Continued Affordability in Long-Term Care Facilities, AG Advises Temporary Nursing Agencies on Rate Limits https://www.mass.gov/news/ag-campbell-issues-advisory-on-maximum-rates-for-temporary-staffing-in-nursing-homes This is refreshing to learn that Temporary Nursing Agencies are being advised to follow rate limits. Hopefully this will help Nursing Homes to be able to retain staff without the worry of them leaving to become travel nurses…