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Survey, Clinical and Quality

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

Survey, Clinical and Quality

DOH Reviews NH Quality Pool Results; No Changes for 2019

LeadingAge NY comments on methodology for 2019.

December 18, 2018

Survey, Clinical and Quality

CMS Provides Program Updates

Agency staff share key information on VBP, QRP programs during SNF Open Door Call.

December 3, 2018

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

Survey, Clinical and Quality

News from the Front Lines

DOH provides updates on current survey and most frequently cited deficiencies.

December 3, 2018

Survey, Clinical and Quality

CMS to Provide Program Updates

SNF Open Door Call is scheduled for Thurs., Nov. 29th.

November 27, 2018

Survey, Clinical and Quality

Advance Care Planning Member Survey Yields Policy Input

Survey data indicated the need for greater physician and nurse practitioner engagement in advance care planning, updates to the MOLST and DNR forms to align with recent changes in law, and public investment in eMOLST adoption. LeadingAge NY used the data to inform its response to the DOH Advance Care Planning Request for Information.

November 26, 2018

Survey, Clinical and Quality

SNF Quality Reporting Program Preview Reports Now Available

Members should review their performance data.

November 5, 2018

Survey, Clinical and Quality

CMS Payment Reduction Warnings Fall Silent

31 of 99 MDS items used to determine completeness for QRP do not have a consistency check.

November 2, 2018

Survey, Clinical and Quality

CMS Posts SNF VBP Rankings

File lists the nationwide ranking for each nursing home based on performance on the all-cause hospital readmission measure.

November 2, 2018
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