Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Version 4.0 is now available. This document serves as an update to the specifications used to calculate quality measures that are included in the SNF QRP. Additionally, the SNF QRP Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Change Table Version 4.0 is now available.
This document provides a summary of measure-related changes between Version 4.0 of the SNF QRP Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual and Version 3.0.1 of the SNF QRP Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Addendum specified in change table format. Furthermore, the Risk Adjustment Appendix File for the SNF QRP Measure’s Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Version 4.0, which contains risk-adjustment values used to calculate the risk-adjusted quality measures, and Crosswalks of Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) to International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes used in risk-adjustment models for the Change in Self-Care, Change in Mobility, Discharge Self-Care, and Discharge Mobility measures (NQF #2633, NQF #2634, NQF #2635, and NQF #2636, respectively) are available.
These files are effective October 1, 2022 and can be accessed in the Downloads section of this webpage. The direct link to the 4.0 manual is here. It’s 93 pages in length. The direct link to the Change Table is here. The Change Table manual is 46 pages in length.
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