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
Many facilities will lose a Staffing star due to CMS’ increased emphasis on RNs in 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: Changes to the … 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
Look out for falling stars! CMS just moved the target for Five-Star QMs again
It’s been less than three years since our “Falling Stars” blog post announced that CMS Five-Star ratings were dropping industry-wide. Get ready — it’s about to happen again and at a larger scale. Read on to learn what CMS just changed and how you can take proactive measures to maximize … Read More
QIES maintenance right before PBJ deadline
CMS announced QIES will be down three consecutive weekends. This impacts both MDS and PBJ submissions and comes right before the Feb 14 PBJ deadline. The QIES maintenance will happen over the next three weekends: Friday, 1/25 (6 PM ET) – Sunday, 1/27 (6 PM ET) Sunday, 2/3 (6 AM-6 … Read More