Quality Measures

Spring is in the air! We all welcome the annual change in seasons, which also comes with a rush to review, digest and comment on multiple proposed rules. April 2022, however, also brings us a renewed approach...

Skilled nursing providers are worried they could see their star ratings drop following new changes to the quality measure rating threshold, according to a top expert. 

Despite navigating unprecedented hardship and loss during the pandemic, there is evidence that care in nursing homes held steady in a number of quantifiable areas, according to the organization’s...

Skilled nursing facilities have an additional tool to measure their own quality improvement efforts under a new change to the quality measures rating domain. 

The new year is upon us.  What new areas of regulatory change will your teams monitor in 2022? CPT? Parity? Survey trends? Quality? Yes, obviously quality, Renee, but the future of quality…  where...

High vaccination rates among staff and patient safety standards were among the common characteristics of thousands of nursing homes recognized as the “best” in the nation, according to ratings released...

New ethics standards published for dementia caregivers … Parkinson’s disease quality measurement set update released … Early, awake prone positioning reduces intubation risk in acute COVID patients:...

Spring is in the air.  I feel it. I see it. It must be coming. My 11-year-old, Joseph, said it best over the weekend … “Mommy there is something different about the smell of the air outside,...

Caregiver retention is an important but nuanced metric for those looking to improve quality of care in nursing homes, an investigator has found.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking public input on a draft quality measure that would estimate the rate of healthcare-associated infections acquired during care at a skilled nursing...