by Proactive Medical Review | Sep 2, 2020 | blog, Quality Measure
Improving performance in pressure ulcer/injury prevalence rates within your facility will result in many benefits including improved quality measures, star ratings, survey results, and patient outcomes. If your facility’s pressure ulcer rate is above industry...
by Proactive Medical Review | Apr 28, 2020 | 5 Star, CMS, IPA, PDPM, Quality Measure
On April 24, CMS issued a memo (QSO-20-28-NH) regarding Nursing Home Five Star Rating System updates, staffing data and frequently asked questions. In this memo, they announced that the health inspection domain of the five-star rating system will temporarily be...
by Proactive Medical Review | Feb 26, 2020 | 5 Star, Quality Measure, Training, Webinars
This 10-part webinar series will focus on mastering the three domains of the CMS 5-Star Quality Rating System: Health Inspections, Staffing, and Quality Measures. You will learn how to analyze your data and develop a results-oriented action plan to achieve 5-Star...
by Proactive Medical Review | Feb 26, 2020 | 5 Star, blog, Education, Quality Measure
Q: How do you pull the 5-Star Report? A: Select the CASPER Reporting link located on the CMS QIES Systems for Providers page. Once in the CASPER Reporting system, select the ‘Folders’ button and access the Five Star Report in your ‘st LTC...
by Proactive Medical Review | Feb 18, 2020 | MDS, Medicare, PDPM, PDPM Coding Questions, Quality Measure
Q: If a physician diagnoses “sepsis” but no mention of septicemia, and blood cultures come back negative, can you still code “Septicemia” in I2100? A: When you search for septicemia in the ICD-10 coding guidelines, you are cross-referenced to see sepsis &...
by PMR Team | Dec 4, 2019 | 5 Star, Quality Measure
Five Star Quality Rating System with Public Reporting 2020 marks 13 years of the Five Star Quality Rating System with public reporting on the CMS Nursing Home Compare website. Since 2008, the rating system and website have evolved with updates in 2012, 2015, 2018 and...
