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

CMS has posted these NH + Rehab Services datasets (CSV format), updated July 27, 2022:

• Provider InformationGeneral information on currently active nursing homes, including number of certified beds, quality measure scores, staffing and other information used in the Five-Star Rating System. Data are presented as one row per nursing home.
• Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program – National DataSkilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) provide Medicare Part A SNF services to beneficiaries and must report data on certain measures of quality to Medicare through the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP). This file contains national averages on quality measures implemented under the IMPACT Act.
• Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program – Swing Beds – Provider DataNon-Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) with swing beds are hospitals that provide Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) services to beneficiaries and must report data on certain measures of quality to Medicare through the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP). This file contains a list of the swing bed units participating in the SNF QRP, as well as their results on quality measures implemented under the IMPACT Act.
• MDS Quality MeasuresQuality measures that are based on the resident assessments that make up the nursing home Minimum Data Set (MDS). Each row contains a specific quality measure for a specific nursing home and includes the 4-quarter score average and scores for each individual quarter.
• Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program – Provider DataSkilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) provide Medicare Part A SNF services to beneficiaries and must report data on certain measures of quality to Medicare through the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP). This file contains a list of SNFs, as well as their results on the quality of resident care measures implemented under the IMPACT Act.
• PenaltiesA list of the fines and payment denials received by nursing homes in the last three years.
• State-Level Health Inspection Cut Points  State-specific ranges for the weighted health inspection score for each health inspection star rating category. Data are presented as one row per state or territory.
• Fire Safety DeficienciesA list of nursing home fire safety citations in the last three years, including the nursing home that received the citation, the associated inspection date, citation tag number and description, scope and severity, the current status of the citation and the correction date. Data are presented as one citation per row.
• Medicare Claims Quality MeasuresQuality measures that are based on Medicare claims data. Each row contains a specific quality measure for a specific nursing home and includes the risk-adjusted score.
• Nursing Home Data Collection IntervalsThis table lists the data collection periods for the quality measures displayed for Nursing Homes including Rehab Services as well as the intervals for complaint citations and citations on focused infection control inspections. It also includes the data collection period for the nursing home staffing measures. The data collection periods for some short-stay measures differ slightly from the measure periods in the MDS Quality Measure file due to the look-back periods for these measures.
•  Health DeficienciesA list of nursing home health citations in the last three years, including the nursing home that received the citation, the associated inspection date, citation tag number and description, scope and severity, the current status of the citation and the correction date. Data are presented as one citation per row.
• Inspection DatesA list of nursing home inspection dates in the past three years, including health inspections, fire safety inspections, complaint inspections and infection control inspections.
• Citation Code Look-upThis is a look-up table for nursing home inspection citations, providing a text description for each citation or tag code.
• Survey SummaryNursing home summary information for nursing home health and fire safety inspections in the last three years, including dates of the three most recent inspections (including those with no citations), and counts of citations, overall and within specified categories. Data are presented as one inspection per provider. Note that citation counts do not include citations from complaint inspections.
• State US AveragesA list of a variety of averages for each state or territory as well as the national average, including each quality measure, staffing, fine amount and number of deficiencies. Each row displays a specific state or territory, the associated measure and average.
• OwnershipA list of ownership information for currently active nursing homes.
• FY 2022 SNF VBP Facility-Level DatasetThis dataset contains facility-specific performance information for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program. Included are baseline period (FY 2018) and performance period (April 1, 2019, through December 1, 2019) risk-standardized readmission rates and information on achievement scores, improvement scores, performance scores, rankings, and incentive payment multipliers that reflect suppression of the use of SNF readmission measure data for purposes of FY 2022 scoring and payment adjustments in the FY 2022 SNF VBP Program year because the effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency on the data used to calculate the SNF readmission Measure (SNFRM) inhibited CMS’s ability to make fair national comparisons of SNFs’ performance.
• FY 2022 SNF VBP Aggregate PerformanceThis table contains aggregate level information for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program.