The National Nursing Home COVID Action Network – a partnership between AHRQ, the University of New Mexico’s ECHO Institute and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – provides free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention and safety practices to … Read More
Updates to MDS and CASPER provider reporting guides
CMS just posted two (2) September 2020 updates to MDS reporting guides: MDS 3.0 Provider User’s Guide_Section 5: Error Messages CASPER Reporting MDS Provider User’s Guide CASPER Reporting MDS Provider User’s Guide_Section 11: MDS Quality Measure Reports CASPER Reporting MDS Provider User’s Guide_Section 13: SNF Quality Reporting Program The MDS … Read More
Texas Medicaid Resources
Simple works closely with Texas Health & Human Services (HHSC) and the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) to ensure that SimpleCFS™ fully supports Texas Medicaid PASRR and LTCMI processes. On this page you’ll find resources covering Texas Medicaid, PASRR/LTCMI, and SimpleCFS™ to help you simplify your Texas Medicaid compliance. SimpleCFS™ product … Read More
Confidential dry run reports for SNF healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) requiring hospitalizations measure now available
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to announce the Confidential Dry Run Reports containing FY 2018 and FY 2019 performance scores for the Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare-Associated Infections Requiring Hospitalizations measure (SNF HAI measure) are now available. Performance scores are based on the draft measure specifications posted … Read More
[Urgent webinar, Oct. 1] Texas PASRR: Conducting PEs via phone or video
On September 17, 2020, Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC) adopted an emergency rule for local authorities. This rule allows local authorities to conduct PEs and resident reviews, for a limited time, by telephone or videoconferencing, rather than face-to-face. In this webinar, Texas HHSC will inform nursing facilities of the … Read More