Tag: Five Star

Published December 11, 2020 With the rise in COVID cases nationally, endless regulatory changes, reimbursement cuts and soaring costs, it would be wise for skilled nursing leadership to regroup with their operational, clinical and reimbursement teams to review the facilities infection control and 1135 waiver application practices. Coretactics has put together some reference material and…
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Published December 11, 2020 CMS will not be moving their laser focus away from your ability to comply with infection control regulatory guidance any time soon. In a QSO Letter issued June 1, 2020, CMS informed providers they would be receiving enhanced enforcement actions for infection control deficiencies.  These actions include heavy civil monetary penalties,…
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Published July 22, 2020The updated July 2020 Five-Star Ratings were posted on CASPER this week. These will be posted for public viewing on Nursing Home Compare (NHC) on or around July 29, 2020. On June 25th, CMS released memorandum QSO 20-34-NH describing the updates to the staffing and quality measures. We have been fielding a…
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