Congrats, you survived Oct. 2019! October has been quite an eventful month. After what felt like a lifetime of anticipation, we said goodbye to RUGs and hello to PDPM, ushering in the largest change to skilled nursing since the implementation of MDS 3.0 in 2010. With that transition, we experienced … Read More
[On-demand webinar] Countdown to Oct 1: PDPM coding tips for MDS and ICD-10
PDPM is approaching fast! Are you wondering how you will get everything and everyone ready by then? Don’t fret — we’ll help you prepare for the upcoming changes. On Oct 1, PDPM and the newest version of the MDS 3.0 Item Set both go into effect. Accurate coding of the … Read More
CMS did it again! Here’s why your star rating just dropped…again
As we discussed in our recent Falling Stars blog post, CMS has adopted an aggressive approach in managing the Five-Star Quality Rating System. Their overall goal is to realign the star rating calculations and provide a more accurate overall rating system for SNFs. As our article mentioned, going forward CMS … Read More
CMS moves the goalposts for Staffing Five-Star ratings
In its March letter to State Survey Agency Directors and related updates to the Five-Star Users Guide, CMS announced a series of changes to Nursing Home Compare and Five-Star ratings, including: Monitor the impact of these two Staffing Five-Star changes when the new PBJ Five-Star ratings are published next week (late April): … Read More
Instantly predict your Staffing Five-Star
How to use ezPBJ’S real-time Five-Star predictor ezPBJ’s Five-Star Staffing Projections show your expected Five-Star rating for the active, current quarter – anywhere from 4 to 6 months before CMS publishes your rating to Nursing Home Compare. The staffing Five-Star projection is built on multiple data points, including: Reported PBJ … Read More