CMS adds information for nursing homes on Five-Star system, RAC to Web site
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a number of updates to its Web site. These include new information about the Five-Star rating system for nursing homes, which will become available Thursday, May 28.Five-Star provider preview reports were released May 20, according to the agency. Nursing home providers can access that information through the Minimum Data Set (MDS) State Welcome pages that are available at the state servers for the submission of MDS data, according to CMS. May's Five-Star data will be added to the Nursing Home Compare Web site on Thursday, May 28. For more information, visit www.medicare.gov/NHcompare.
CMS has also updated the information under its FAQ section of the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) portion of its Web site. On May 19, CMS added answers to questions such as "Why is CMS using recovery audit contractors?" and "Who should providers contact with questions concerning recovery audit contractor communications?" For more information, visit www.cms.hhs.gov/RAC.
