Survey, Clinical and Quality

Survey, Clinical and Quality Blood Glucose Meter Testing Guidance Proposed: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has drafted new guidance reflecting cleaning and disinfecting requirements for institutional multi-patient glucose monitoring test systems used in nursing homes, hospitals and other health care settings.
January 13, 2014

Survey, Clinical and Quality CMS Proposed Rule on Emergency Preparedness: CMS issues proposed rule on emergency preparedness for Medicare and Medicaid providers.
January 7, 2014

Survey, Clinical and Quality DOH Releases Revised Quality Pool Scores: Revised 2013 nursing home quality pool score sheets are now available on the Health Commerce System (HCS).
December 17, 2013

Survey, Clinical and Quality NH Quality Pool Dear Administrator Letter (Dec 2013): DOH Dear Administrator letter details the corretions made to the original 2013 nursing home quality pool score calculations.
December 16, 2013

Survey, Clinical and Quality NH Quality Pool Methodology: DOH document detailing the nursing home quality pool methodology reflecting corrections made in December 2013.
December 16, 2013

Survey, Clinical and Quality NH Quality Pool Score Sheet Guide: DOH document providing guidance on interpretin facility level nursing home quality pool results. December 2013 revision.
December 16, 2013

Survey, Clinical and Quality Five Star Cut-Point Tables Updated: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the cut-point tables for the nursing home Five Star rating system. Updated tables are available for health inspection thresholds and staffing data.
December 3, 2013

Survey, Clinical and Quality National Provider Call Suggests Strategies for Medication Reduction: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held a national provider call for nursing home providers related to reducing psychoactive medication usage on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013.
December 3, 2013

Survey, Clinical and Quality DOH to Recalculate 2013 Quality Pool Results: DOH has confirmed that they will be making corrections to the 2013 quality pool scoring and re-issuing the facility-specific reports.
November 26, 2013

Survey, Clinical and Quality OIG Seeks NH Rehospitalization Rate QM: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently completed a study entitled Medicare Nursing Home Resident Hospitalization Rates Merit Additional Monitoring. In its comments on the draft report, OIG recommends that CMS develop a quality measure that describes nursing home resident hospitalization rates and consider publicly reporting this measure on the Nursing Home Compare website.
November 20, 2013