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Emergency Preparedness

Published March 23, 2018 Are you ready? As of November 15, 2017, your facility was required to have an Emergency Preparedness program. This CMS mandate required facilities to develop a “comprehensive approach to meeting the health, safety and security needs of their staff and patient population during an emergency or disaster situation. The program must…
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Facility Assessment

Published March 23, 2018 Don’t let your Facility Assessment get the best of you, or worse yet, sit on the shelf collecting dust. It can be an essential tool in your tool box when it comes to systems analysis and strategic planning. Let’s face it. There has been no lack of change in the long-term…
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CMS Announces MDS 3.0 Quality Measure (QM) Reports Will Be Unavailable Beginning January 29, 2018

Published January 29, 2018 The reports and report package in the MDS 3.0 QM Reports category in the CASPER Reporting application will be unavailable beginning 01/29/2018 while new measures are being added to the reports. The reports that will be unavailable are as follows: MDS 3.0 Facility Characteristics Report MDS 3.0 Facility Level Quality Measure…
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