by Proactive Medical Review | Dec 8, 2020 | 5 Star, blog, Quality Measure
Approximately 50-60% of elders in nursing homes experience unintentional weight loss (Dodd, 2020). Weight loss and malnutrition is associated with delayed wound healing, decline in functional and cognitive status, immunodeficiency, impaired muscle function, anemia,...
by Proactive Medical Review | Nov 4, 2020 | 5 Star, Antipsychotics, blog, QAPI, Quality Measure
There are two antipsychotic quality measures, the percent of short stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication and the percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication. Significantly, both of these quality measures impact the...
by Proactive Medical Review | Oct 28, 2020 | 5 Star, blog, Coding, QAPI, Quality Measure
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, guidance from CDC, CMS, and states on effective preparedness and outbreak management is being updated frequently. It is essential that LTC providers have strong processes in place for updating facility policies and procedures and...
by Proactive Medical Review | Oct 28, 2020 | 5 Star, blog, Coding, QAPI, Quality Measure
Use of an indwelling catheter can place a resident at a higher risk for conditions such as Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), sepsis, trauma, and hospitalization. Indwelling catheters should only be used when medically necessary and periodically re-evaluated for the...
by Proactive Medical Review | Oct 21, 2020 | 5 Star, ADL, blog, QAPI, Quality Measure
You may have heard that Section G of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) was going away; however, that will not be happening anytime soon. While it is true that Section G may eventually be eliminated, this change has been pushed back due to stakeholder concerns as well as the...
by Proactive Medical Review | Oct 13, 2020 | 5 Star, Falls, MDS, Quality Measure
Falls management presents one of the greatest challenges to the long-term care profession. Preventing and managing falls in the facility is difficult enough without adding the increased complication of QM data that might not accurately reflect the true facility...
