Telligen QI Connect™ has an attend-as-you-can series focusing on infection control topics relevant to SNFs and aimed at enhancing infection control efforts. Each session provides guidance, relevant tools, and helpful interventions to support quality improvement efforts. This AAPACN resource is copyright protected. AAPACN individual members may download or print one …
A common question regarding MDS 3.0 Quality Measures (QMs) is why a discharged resident continues to trigger after leaving the facility. This is explained in section two of the MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual, available in the Downloads section of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ QM webpage. …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the April diagnosis code update files on the CDC ICD-10 webpage. For the first time in several years, there are no new ICD-10-CM codes effective April 1, 2025; however, this update provides revisions and corrects typographical errors. Nursing home staff will need …
The Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) is releasing new in-service toolkits. These toolkits address essential topics such as de-escalation, substance use disorder, and major depressive disorder. Designed to guide facility education leads, the toolkits provide comprehensive support for every step of the training process, from …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided guidance on which section GG column will be used for new measures in the MDS 3.0 Quality Measures User’s Manual (v17.0), effective Jan. 1, 2025. The measures affected are also the four measures that were frozen (i.e., held constant) from April …
Weekend Staffing: The level of total nurse and registered nurse (RN) staffing on weekends provided by each nursing home over a quarter. Staff Turnover: The percent of nursing staff and number of administrators that stopped working at the nursing home over a 12-month period. This information will be added to …
Lucian Leap just released a new book called Making Healthcare Safe. This free, downloadable book discusses ways a skilled nursing facility can implement a culture of safety by changing processes, working conditions, and communication in order to make the facility as safe as possible for both residents and staff. For …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discovered an error in the calculations for the Discharge to Community measure and will be updating the Care Compare website with the corrected data on Sept. 29, 2021. The data will be based on claims submitted during the FY2018-2019 reporting period (Jan. …
