SNF QRP Preview Reports Available

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made available the quarterly Provider Preview Report that allows skilled nursing facility (SNF) providers to see the Quality Reporting Program (QRP) data that will be publicly reported on the Care Compare website starting with the January 2023 refresh. Providers have until Nov. 14^th to request that CMS reexamine the data contained on their Provider Preview Report. Corrections to the underlying data will not be permitted during this time. However, providers can request that CMS review their data during the preview period if they believe the quality measure scores that are displayed in the report are inaccurate.

The data contained in the Preview Reports are based on:

quality assessment data submitted by SNFs from Quarter 2, 2021 through Quarter 1, 2022;
COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel (HCP) measure as reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during Quarter 1, 2022;
claims-based measure data from Quarter 3, 2019 through Quarter 4, 2019 and Quarter 3, 2020 through Quarter 2, 2021; and
for the SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) measure, data from Quarter 4, 2020 through Quarter 3, 2021.

To locate the SNF Provider Preview Reports:

Log into the CMS Network (CMSNet) using the CMSNet login credentials.
Log into the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reporting (CASPER) application using the Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES) login credentials.
Select the Folders button from the menu bar in CASPER, and a list of your folders will display.
Select the facility-specific, non-Validation Report (non-VR) folder. These folders will be named in the following manner:

For Nursing Home-based SNFs:

[State Code] LTC [Facility ID] (i.e., MD LTC XYZ123)

For Swing Bed units:

[State Code] SB [Swing Bed ID] (i.e., TX SB ABC987)

The Preview Reports are listed in descending order by Date Requested within this folder.
Select the desired Preview Report link to view the report.

For questions related to accessing your facility’s Provider Preview Report, please reach out to the iQIES Help Desk at iqies@cms.hhs.gov or call 1-877-201-4721. A current set of SNF QRP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are available here.

Contact: Darius Kirstein, dkirstein@leadingageny.org, or Susan Chenail, schenail@leadingageny.org. Both can be reached at 518-867-8383.