Latest updates for providers of LTPAC and senior services.

The CDC has issued a recommendation for updated boosters for children aged 6 months to 4 years who have completed their three-dose primary series with the original Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Nursing home members are encouraged to read the new QSO in its entirety.

Nursing home members are encouraged to share the QSO with their facilities managers and read it in its entirety.

CMS recently provided detailed information on the penalties that will be assigned to nursing homes that fail a schizophrenia MDS audit or admit to miscoding prior to the start of the audit. This clarification provides valuable information so that facilities selected for the audit can make the right decision – undergo the audit or admit to miscoding.

CMS has released final MDS 3.0 Item Sets version 1.18.11 and the draft MDS 3.0 RAI Manual version 1.18.11 for implementation date Oct. 1, 2023.

Medicare Advantage and Part D Rate Announcement provides payment policies for CY 2024.

The rule increases penalties for agencies not submitting quality data.