CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum 4/13/23

 

To: MDS Coordinators, Directors of Nursing, Billing and Coding Personnel, Licensed Nursing Facilities Administrators From: The Health Facilities Education and Quality (HFEQ) Branch of the Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division (HFEMSD) The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum Thursday, April 13, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Mountain Time (MT) Announcements & Updates MDS v1.18.11 updates https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/MDS30RAIManual https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-initiatives-patient-assessment-instruments/nursinghomequalityinits/nhqimds30technicalinformation MDS transition to iQIES https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursinghomeQualityInits/MDS30RAIManual https://qtso.cms.gov/news-and-updates/action-required-register-iqies-account PBJ Update Policy Questions should be sent to NHStaffing@cms.hhs.gov Technical Issues/Questions should be sent to iqies@cms.hhs.gov Five Star Technical User’s Guide   https://www.cms.gov/medicare/provider-enrollment-and-certification/certificationandcomplianc/downloads/usersguide.pdf PBJ Website: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/Staffing-Data-Submission-PBJ.html Overview of the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities Website:https://nursinghomebehavioralhealth.org/ National Call Center: 1-844-314-1433 Open Door Participation Instructions: This call will be Conference Call Only. To participate by phone: Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Conference Passcode: 4325849 Persons participating by phone do not need to RSVP.  TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired.  For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A Relay Communications Assistant will help. Instant Replay: 1- 800-395-7443; Conference Passcode: No Passcode Needed Instant Replay is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-800-395-7443 Instant Replay begins 1 hour after the call has ended. The recording expires April 15, 2023, 11:59PM ET  Wendy Castro  wendy.castro@state.co.us