DOH Posts 2017 Nursing Home “Quality Pool” Results

The Department of Health (DOH) has posted the final results of the 2017 Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) to the Health Commerce System (HCS), and nursing homes were just notified of such via the Integrated Health Alerting Network System on the HCS.

A Dear Administrator Letter on the subject provides the following instructions for accessing the 2017 results:

“Your facility’s report is posted to the Health Commerce System (HCS). To access this report, follow the instructions below.

1. Access the HCS at https://commerce.health.state.ny.us
2. At the security screen, enter your HCS ID and password
3. At the HCS Welcome Page, select "NH Rate Sheets 4/2009-Forward" under the heading "My Applications".
   • If “NH Rate Sheets 4/2009-Forward" is not listed under the heading "My Applications", click on “My Content” > “All Applications”
   • Click the letter “N” in the “Browse by” section at the top of the screen
   • Click “Nursing Home Rate Sheets 4/1/2009 and Forward”
4. At the Nursing Home Rates screen, select "2017 Nursing Home Quality Initiative Final Results" from the drop-down list under "Nursing Home Rates Selection List"
5. Identify your facility in the drop-down list under "Nursing Home Selection List", then select "SHOW REPORTS"

The above-referenced Dear Administrator Letter also includes the methodology for the 2017 NHQI and instructions for interpreting your facility's report. The following types of facilities are excluded from the NHQI and will not have a report posted on the HCS: Non-Medicaid facilities, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)-designated Special Focus Facilities, Specialty Facilities, Continuing Care Retirement Communities, and Transitional Care Units.

DOH will notify us when the 2017 NHQI results are available on the Department’s website and the Health Data NY website. If you have any questions about the 2017 NHQI, please email DOH at nhqp@health.ny.gov. LeadingAge NY will keep members posted on the status of the NHQI program.

Contact: Dan Heim, dheim@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8383 ext. 128