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Make Your Comments to CMS Today; Your Opinion Counts!
On June 19, 2008 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will soon launch a ground-breaking ranking system of America's nursing homes, giving each a "star" rating - one star up to five stars. The ratings will be posted on the agency's Nursing Home Compare Website by the end of this year.
CMS is requesting comments on the system designed to provide patients and their families an easy to understand assessment of nursing home quality, making meaningful distinctions between high performing and low performing homes.
http://questions.cms.hhs.gov/cgi-bin/cmshhs.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_prods=1,6,489,1020 to post your comments online.
This new rating system is rooted in the tradition of the OBRA'87 nursing home reform law and quality improvement campaigns such as the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes, a collaborative coalition of consumers, health care providers, labor, and nursing home professionals. CMS plans to work with other health care providers and consumers to make similar rating systems available for hospitals, home health agencies, and end-stage renal disease facilities in the future.
The agency is also considering adding new information to that already available on Nursing Home Compare such as whether a nursing home specializes in caring for patients with dementia, on ventilators, or in need of specialized rehabilitation services. Information on patient and family satisfaction with services at a facility may also be added to Nursing Home Compare.
The five-star rating system will begin to be published in December 2008. During June and July 2008 the agency is soliciting ideas, comments, and suggestions from the public, consumer groups, nursing homes, and many others. Comments may be sent to BetterCare@cms.hhs.gov.
Descriptive information about the quality rating system and its progress may be obtained after June 22, 2008 on the CMS "Hot Topics" webpage
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/02_HotTopics.asp#TopOfPage
This article in its entirety can be access at: http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Medicare/2008/20080619-4-CMS2AddNew.htm
Limited Lines Remain Available for the Upcoming July 9, 2008 Audioconference. Scroll Down to Read More........
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July 9, 2008
Treating the Cognitively Impaired
Patient in a SNF
One-Hour AUDIOCONFERENCE
l:00 pm- 2:00 pm EDT
Treating patients with Dementia can be both challenging and highly rewarding.
We can dramatically improve patient's Qualify of Life by Providing both Creative and Effective Treatment.
Listen in the comfort of your own facility.
Gather Mulitple Departments and all Staff hear the
FACTS at the same time!
Course Details:
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Introduction to Dementia
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Problems Associated with Treatment of Patients with Dementia
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Role of Therapy in Dementia Care
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Therapy Assessments
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Advanced Rehabilitative Strategies
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& More
Recommended Audience: Nursing Management, Nursing Staff, Therapy Management, Staff Therapists, Social Workers, MDSC.
Audioconferences are not approved for contact hours at this time.
July 23, 2008
Therapy Revenue Tips & Strategies in a SNF
One-Hour Audioconference
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Learn Strategies to Enhance
Therapy Service Delivery
Identify Treatment Techniques Appropriate for Medicare Part A and Part B
Course details:
- Medicare Skilled Guidelines
- Commonly Denied Treatments
- Rehab Case Management
- Skilled Documentation
- Standards of Operation & More
Recommended Audience: Administrators, Nursing Management, Nursing Staff, Therapy Management, Staff Therapists, Marketing Management, Social Workers, Admissions Directors, Business Office Managers and Hospital Discharge Planners.
Additional One-Hour Summer
Conferences
August 7, 2008
Administrator's & DON's Guide to Medicare
August 20, 2008
Medicare Nursing/Therapy Documentation in a SNF
Inquiries to Sign up for Seminars or to Request a Brochure Containing a Full Description andSeminar Fees:
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Elisa Bovee
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