The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted a second edition of the COVID-19 Public Reporting Tip Sheet. This resource will help providers understand CMS’ public reporting approach to the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) to account for CMS quality data submissions that were either optional or excepted from public reporting due to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The impact on CMS’ Care Compare website refreshes are also outlined. This eight-page tip sheet serves as a companion document to the first edition tip sheet published in October 2020.
This tip sheet is directed towards people familiar with the SNF QRP program. CMS offers a 20-30-minute online Introduction to the SNF QRP course for unfamiliar staff. The course includes how to obtain permissions to submit MDS assessments, access provider preview reports (PPR), Review and Correct (R&C) reports, and SNF QM (quality measures) reports.