Expanding the World of Possibilities for Aging

How to use the LeadingAge Five Star Analysis and your Casper Report when your rates have been imputed

  1. To access the provider reports, select the CASPER reporting link located on the CMS QIES Systems for Providers page. Once in the CASPER reporting system, select the 'Folders' button and access the Five Star Report in your 'st LTC facid' folder, where st is the 2-character code of the state in which your facility is located and facid is the state-assigned facility ID of your facility.
  2. Locate the "Total Quality Measure Points" on the CASPER provider report.
  3. Add the number of points you have the potential to gain based on the LeadingAge Five Star Analysis (scroll down to the bottom of the QM portion of the report) to your total quality measure points.  
  4. Subtract the number of points you have the potential to lose from your total quality measure points.
  5. If you gain in some areas and lose in others, you have a potential to gain and lose. Add or subtract this number (based on either a plus or minus sign indicated on the LeadingAge Five Star Analysis) from your total quality measure points.
  6. View the Quality Measure cut point table below to determine how your star ratings may change based on your potential to gain points, lose points or gain and lose points.