Registration Open for SNF QRP Listening Session: Expanding MDS Data Submission to All SNF Patients Regardless of Payer

Posted in INDUSTRY NEWS, Long-Term Care

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare

Date/Time: Tuesday, August 29th from 12pm-1:30pm ET

Registration Link: Registration can be completed online through Webex.

Acumen LLC on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a public, virtual listening session. On behalf of CMS, we are seeking feedback from administration and management staff, software vendors, and clinical staff on the expansion of collection and submission of Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment data used for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) to include all residents receiving short-term skilled care in a SNF regardless of their payer.  Currently, the SNF QRP only collects data on Medicare Part A fee-for-service (FFS) residents, which represents less than 50% of the SNF resident population. Due to the declining numbers of beneficiaries with Medicare FFS benefits, collecting data on all residents, regardless of payer, supports CMS’ mission to ensure quality care for all individuals and provides the most robust and accurate representation of quality in the SNF setting. In 2020, CMS formally proposed collecting data on all residents receiving SNF services beginning with the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 program year. While several commenters noted that collecting data from all payers gives consumers a more complete picture of quality of care provided within a SNF, there were other commenters who did not support the proposal. Therefore, we are exploring how SNF QRP data reporting for all-payers can be implemented. Prior to the listening session, you are encouraged to prepare to speak to the following topics during the call:  

  • Collecting accurate payer information
  • Definition of skilled services for non-Medicare FFS residents
  • Current MDS data collection practices for non-Medicare FFS residents admitted for skilled-stay
  • Pros and cons of all-payer data collection and submission
  • MDS assessment instrument considerations to accommodate all-payer data collection and submission