Looking to increase your Five-Star rating? See how potential changes can impact your overall star rating and identify opportunities for improvement using the Five-Star toolkit within the SimpleLTC suite. The suite only costs $259/mo per facility and you can try it for 30 days free. SimpleLTC Five-Star toolkit includes… Five-Star Interactive … Read More
SimpleLTC scheduled maintenance: Saturday, Feb. 27
On Saturday, Feb. 27, SimpleLTC data transmission and analytics software will be unavailable for 6-7 hours (from approximately 5:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Central Time) as we perform important infrastructure upgrades. Affected products include SimpleAnalyzer™ (MDS analytics and scrubbing), SimpleConnect™ (MDS and PBJ transmission) and SimpleCFS™ (Texas Medicaid forms and … Read More
COVID-19 updated information as of mid-December 2020
Have you/your LTC facility signed up to participate yet? The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network – a partnership between AHRQ, the University of New Mexico’s ECHO Institute and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – provides free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country to increase the … Read More
COVID-19 vaccine codes: Updated effective date for Pfizer-BioNTech
The following was disseminated via MLN Connects Special Edition on late Monday afternoon, December 14, 2020: On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID‑19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 for individuals 16 years of age and older. Review Pfizer’s Fact Sheet … Read More
RAI User’s Manual – Appendix B – updated again
Appendix B of the RAI User’s Manual was updated again. This Appendix is updated periodically when specific changes are made to state and regional offices: State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, RAI Panel members and Regional Office contacts. This update is advance-dated October 29, 2020. Changes to Appendix B, October 2020 Update is … Read More