Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Resources
- Advancing Excellence
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The Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes Campaign is a major iniatiative of the Advancing Excellence in Long Term Care Collaborative. This website contains information for prospective enrollees and for participants, many clinical tools and resources and campaign updates by state.
- Five-Star Rating System
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This resource includes a link to the CMS Five-Star Rating System webpage containing State-Level Cut Point Tables, Expected and Adjusted Staff Time Values Data Sets and NHC Provider Deficiency Files; a link to the Five-Star Quality Rating System Technical User's Guide and a link to the Nursing Home Compare website.
- INTERACT Website
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INTERACT (Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers) is a quality improvement program that focuses on the management of acute change in resident condition. It includes clinical and educational tools and strategies for use in every day practice in long-term care facilities.
- MDS 3.0 Manual
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This webpage provides information and the latest updates to the MDS 3.0 manual. The manual can be accessed in the download section.
- MDS 3.0 Training
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This webpage contains provider updates and educational videos related to specific items on the MDS.
- NHQI
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The Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) website provides consumer and provider information regarding the quality of care in nursing homes. NHQI discusses the quaity measures that are displayed on the Nursing Home Compare Website and used in the 5-star ratings. This website also provides links to the MDS 3.0 manual, technical information and training.
- QAPI
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QAPI is the merger of two complementary approaches to quality, Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI). This link to the CMS QAPI website contains tools and resources to assist nursing facilities with improving and maintaining quality.
- QM Manual and Appendices
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The QM manual and appendices contains the technical specifications of the CMS quality measures.