CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum – August 4th
CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum – August 4th
Start Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time.
This call will be Conference Call Only. To participate by phone:
Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Conference Passcode: 5109694
**This Agenda is Subject to Change**
- Opening Remarks
Chair – Todd Smith (Center for Medicare)
Moderator – Jill Darling (Office of Communications)
- Announcements & Updates
- FY 2023 SNF PPS Final Rule
o FY 2023 Updates to the SNF Payment Rates
o Recalibration of the PDPM Parity Adjustment
o Changes in PDPM ICD-10 Code Mappings
o Permanent Cap on Wage Index Decreases
- SNF Quality Reporting Program
- SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program
- Request for Information: Revising the Requirements for LTC Facilities to Establish Mandatory Minimum Staffing Levels
- Updates to the Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities Requirements
o Physical Environment Requirements
o Qualification Requirements for the Director of Food and Nutrition Services in Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities
- MDS transition to iQIES
o Creating a HARP Account Training Video
- SNF Quality Reporting Program Reconsideration and Public Reporting updates
o Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Public Reporting webpage
- MDS Errata-Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manualwebpage
- PBJ Update
o Policy Questions should be sent to NHStaffing@cms.hhs.gov
o Technical Issues/Questions should be sent to iqies@cms.hhs.gov
o Five Star Technical User’s Guide https://www.cms.gov/medicare/provider-enrollment-and-certification/certificationandcomplianc/downloads/usersguide.pdf
III. Open Q&A
**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**
Next ODF: TBD
Mailbox: SNF_LTCODF-L@cms.hhs.gov
Questions?
Contact:
Laura Hofmann, MSN, RN – Director of Clinical and Nursing Facility Regulatory Services
c: 425-231-4804