Memorandum Summary April 2019 Improvements to Nursing Home Compare include: Ending the Freeze on Health Inspection Star Ratings – In April 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will end the freeze on the health inspection domain of the Five Star Quality Rating System. We will resume...

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Memorandum Summary Core Appendix Q and Subparts -Appendix Q to the State Operations Manual (SOM), which provides guidance for identifying immediate jeopardy, has been revised. The revision creates a Core Appendix Q that will be used by surveyors of all provider and supplier types in determining when to cite...

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March 5, 2019: Ref: QSO-19-08-NHThis memo provides information about the end of the Freeze of the Health Inspection Star Rating, Quality Measure Domain Improvements and Staffing Domain Improvements to occur in April 2019. Find the document HERE.

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CMS released an Errata document related to the following items in Section J. J0200: Should Pain Assessment Interview Be Conducted? J2000: Prior Surgery Link for the updated MDS 3.0 RAI Manual Errata document: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/Downloads/MDS-30-RAI-Manual-v1-16-R-Errata-v1-1-February-13-2019.pdf

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