Need a refresher on SimpleAnalyzer™? In this free 40-minute training, we’ll walk through SimpleAnalyzer and show you how to: Improve quality measures Forecast PDPM reimbursement Reduce rehospitalizations And more In order to access the video, please fill out the form at the link below. What’s covered Overview (0:00) Workflow/Navigation (2:27) … 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
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
CMS reports error on Five-Star Preview Reports
Attention MDS Coordinators: CMS recently issued a statement regarding an error located within the MDS quality measure (QM) table on the provider Five-Star Preview Report for October 2018. The data for the line for percentage of high-risk pressure ulcers was missing, which caused the remaining rows to be shifted up. … Read More
Thanks 25 million! SimpleLTC celebrates an MDS transmission milestone
We’re proud to announce that SimpleLTC has reached a significant milestone – we’ve transmitted 25 million MDS assessments to CMS. Now serving over 3,000 facilities nationwide, SimpleLTC is the largest third-party transmitter of MDS assessment data. Over the past 15 years, we’ve grown from a startup software company focused on … Read More