Members are provided information on EOHHS booster letter to providers, DPH contract with additional vendor for nurse aide testing; CMS FY 23 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule; CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum, and final chance to register for Thursday’s Webinar.
Skilled nursing Facility Provider Preview Reports are now available. Nursing facilities should review these reports by August 15, and contact CMS if you have questions about your scores.
NHSN has updated the Therapeutics Pathway reporting module, CMS launched its enhanced Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System integrating data on weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover among nurses and administrators, Mass Senior Care Association has collaborated with Jonathan Gruber, Ford Director of Economics at MIT, to develop a Long Term Care Career Advancement Survey, and Mass Senior Care's new education programs.
Mass Senior Care is pleased to offer a variety of virtual education programs designed to help facilities understand and comply with new guidance and requirements. Registration is now open by visiting https://www.maseniorcare.org/events or by clicking on the specific program links.
The National Healthcare Safety Network began using the updated definition of up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, information provided on MassHealth payments, reminder the deadline for nursing facilities to file the 2022 DCC-Q Final Form electronically on the UMASS portal is July 30th, and Mass Senior Care offers new education programs.
MassHealth has issued billing code guidance on two items (1) COVID MMQ Coding and (2) Claim Error Code 570 for Long Term Care Type of Claims and/or Institutional Type of Claims, which we are reproducing.