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State RAI Coordinators Contact List, Appendix B, RAI User’s Manual Update
The March update of Appendix B to the RAI 3.0 User’s Manual contains changes to the list of State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, RAI Panel members, and CMS locations and contacts.
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Five-Star Help Line Open March 27 – 31
The Five Star Preview Reports will be available on March 21, 2023. To access these reports, select the CASPER Reporting link located on the CMS QIES Systems for Providers page.
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TB is Still Here – New CDC Data Show U.S. Cases Increased Again in 2022
Tuberculosis — United States, 2022 Weekly / March 24, 2023 / 72(12);297–303 Kimberly R. Schildknecht, MPH1,2; Robert H. Pratt2; Pei-Jean I. Feng, MPH2; Sandy F. Price2; Julie L. Self, PhD2 (VIEW AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS) Summary What is already...
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GAO Report: Improving Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Homes
COVID-19 in Nursing Homes :Experts Identified Actions Aimed at Improving Infection Prevention and Control Highlights What GAO Found The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), primarily through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
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Increasing Threat of Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Fungus in Healthcare Facilities
Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities in 2020-2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Person-Centered Fall Prevention Interventions: Beyond Rehab Screen and 15-Minute Checks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cites falls as the leading cause of injury-related death in adults aged 65 and older (CDC, 2023). It is imperative that nursing facility staff identify fall risk...
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Culturally Competent Care Planning: What It Takes to Get It Right
Effective with the Oct. 1, 2023, implementation of MDS v1.18.11, items A1005 (Ethnicity), A1010 (Race), A1110 (Language), and B1300 (Health Literacy) will provide nurse assessment coordinators (NACs) and other interdisciplinary team members with a starting...
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How the DNS Can Lead Risk Mitigation for Schizophrenia Diagnoses
2015—the year that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added antipsychotic medication use quality measures (QMs) to the Five-Star Quality Rating System—marked the beginning of some difficult trends in the potentially inappropriate diagnosis of schizophrenia for long-stay nursing home residents, according to the November 2022 report Long-Term Trends of Psychotropic Drug Use in Nursing Homes from the Office of Inspector General (OIG).