The Board of Registration of Nursing Home Administrators has verified that all Nursing Home Administrator licensees are required to complete 20 CEUs for this renewal period ending 6/20/2023.

The Betsy Lehman Center will introduce the new Roadmap to Health Care Safety at the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum in Boston on April 26.

The draft Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual is now available. The MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual v1.18.11 will be effective beginning October 01, 2023.

CMS Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Quality Safety Oversight Group has issued a revised 21-page Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Nursing Home (Rev QSO-18-24-ESRD) to State Survey Agency Directors. This is effective immediately.

The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, 2023, from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET.

As the October deadline draws closer for compliance with the food and nutrition director requirements, a reminder that CMS added to the requirements for the director of food and nutrition services at § 483.60(a)(2)(E) as part of the 2023 SNF PPS rule published in August 2022.

The Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has issued its Spring Data Matters newsletter highlighting the agency’s recent actions.

CMS is preparing to move to the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) for Minimum Data Set (MDS) submissions.

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) continues to develop resources and tools to assist nursing facilities with maintaining compliance with the CMS Requirements of Participation (RoPs).