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Survey, Clinical and Quality
Is Your Facility Over the Threshold? The Skilled Nursing Facility Provider Threshold Report is now available.
- March 5, 2019
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Survey, Clinical and Quality
CMS Quality Measure Shuffle: What’s in Store for April 2019 The new MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual Version 12.0, effective Jan. 1, 2019, has been posted to the CMS website.
- February 27, 2019
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Nursing Home Preview Reports Available Homes should review their data by March 4th prior to its public posting in April.
- February 21, 2019
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Survey, Clinical and Quality
Next PBJ Reporting Deadline Feb. 14th Accurate and timely submission of nursing home payroll data critical in maintaining star ratings.
- February 5, 2019
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Survey, Clinical and Quality
Update on New Nursing Home Staffing Oversight Measure In a memo released last month, CMS began informing state survey agencies of SNFs with potential staffing issues – specifically, facilities identified through PBJ data that have significantly low nurse staffing levels on weekends. In response to LeadingAge NY questions, CMS clarified that they are flagging the bottom decile (10 percent) in each state based on total reported weekend nurse staffing.
- January 15, 2019
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State Senator Seeks More Nursing Home Oversight; LeadingAge NY Advances Quality Agenda Proposed legislation, discussions with Commissioner of Health follow Buffalo News series.
- January 2, 2019
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Survey, Clinical and Quality
DOH Reviews NH Quality Pool Results; No Changes for 2019 LeadingAge NY comments on methodology for 2019.
- December 18, 2018
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CMS Provides Program Updates Agency staff share key information on VBP, QRP programs during SNF Open Door Call.
- December 3, 2018
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Survey, Clinical and Quality
CMS Announces New Nursing Home Staffing Oversight Measures CMS will share specific data with states on nursing homes that have a significant drop in staffing levels on weekends or that have several days in a quarter without an RN onsite. The DOH survey agency will then be required to survey nursing homes from the list on some weekends.
- December 3, 2018
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Survey, Clinical and Quality
News from the Front Lines DOH provides updates on current survey and most frequently cited deficiencies.
- December 3, 2018
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