Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and illuminated quality failings in nursing homes, persistent equity issues, and the system- and policy-level factors that contribute to their endurance. This is a good read. Please share with your team and your colleagues.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 10, 2023

The Q4FY22 release of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) with statistics through September 2022 is now available for download through the PEPPER Resources Portal. View a map of SNF PEPPER retrievals by state.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Since CMS standardized it in 2018, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement program, or QAPI, has served as a guiding light for home-based care providers. The program is the process by which a home-based care provider measures its quality metrics. Nurses, home health aides, therapists — even schedulers.

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Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 29, 2022

Additionally, you’ll want to share and review the Updated Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Health and Safety Fact Sheet. Additionally, you’ll want to share and review the Updated Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Health and Safety Fact Sheet. “To

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 7, 2022

e)(4) CMS waived the requirement that prevents a physician from delegating a task when the regulations specify that the physician must perform it personally. Physician Visits in Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Facilities – 42 CFR §483.30 Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) – 42 CFR §483.75(b)–(d)

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Home Health Care

APRIL 13, 2022

Additionally, the agency has waived the normal rule requiring a nurse to conduct an on-site visit every two weeks to ensure delivered care is consistent with the care plan. Hospice and home health agencies alike have also been allowed to pause Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs during the PHE.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I would love to check the schedule, make sure that everybody knows that I’m coming tomorrow every evening before I leave for work, but that’s an extra hour for my nurse every day to try to follow up and engage my patients that way. This would be a function where I’d say, I don’t necessarily need a nurse doing that.

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