DQA and CMS Updates


DQA Memos

DQA Quarterly Information Update and CMS Information

Federal CMS Medicare and Medicaid Program Memos


Abuse Reporting: Additional Resources & Materials - July 26, 2010

Medicare Wage Indexes for October 1, 2010 Medicare Rates - July 22, 2010

Physician Fee Screens for Therapy HCPCS Codes – June 1, 2010 – November 30, 2010 - July 5, 2010

MDS Section Q Referral Process - June 18, 2010

MDS (Section Q) Referral Form - June 18, 2010

Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 - June 18, 2010

CMS S&C - 10-18-LSC, Corridor Mounted Computer Touch Screens in Health Care Facilities - May 20, 2010

DQA Nursing Home Data, First Quarter 2010: Top Ten F-tags/Harm/IJ cites - April 20, 2010

DQA “Draft Memo” Nursing Home Reporting Requirements for Alleged Incidents of Abuse, Neglect, and Misappropriations - March 3, 2010

Nursing Home Survey Statistical Reports: Wisconsin-National Comparative Data, 2009 Top 10 Cites and Citing Trends - February 11, 2010

Wisconsin Nursing Home Resident Characteristics — 1996-2010 - February 11, 2010

F-Tags At A Glance - January 26, 2010

Physician Fee Screens for Therapy HCPCS Codes – January & February, 2010 - January 26, 2010

DQA Survey 2009  Data-- State and National - December 18, 2009

Regulatory and Peer Assistance Task Force and Health Issues Meeting—November 4, 2009 - October 23, 2009

PFFS Payment Dispute Decision (PDD) Request Form - October 21, 2009

Medicare SNF PPS Calculator – Effective October 1, 2009 - October 14, 2009

Sign-Up or Continue Your Participation in Advancing Excellence In America's Nursing Homes! - October 7, 2009

DQA Citing Statistics - Wisconsin & National Citing Data (Thru September 11, 2009) - September 16, 2009

Infection Control (F441): Surveyor Training, Interpretative Guidance and Investigative Protocol - August 26, 2009

DQA-Provider Relationships-- Shared Expectations During the Survey Process & Subsequent Interactions - June 23, 2009

Materials Discussed at the May 2009 WAHSA Health Issues Committee and DON Networking Forum:
  • Life Safety Code (LSC) Update/Emergency Generators: Marywood Convalescent Center in Wausau successfully challenges DQA cite (K144) for failing to have natural gas generators and do not have an on-site fuel source.

  • Immediate Jeopardy Cites—Increases and Draft DQA Memo: DQA is on pace to issue a record number of IJ cites in 2009 and issues draft memo on IJ cites.


    • Medicare PPS - FY 2010 Proposal - May 15, 2009

    CMS Changes to Appendix PP, State Operations Manual, F286 and F309 - April 23, 2009

    CMS Interpretive Guideline Revisions - April 2009

    DQA 2008-09 Citing Statistics - Trends and Top Ftags

    F-441 Infection Control - CMS DRAFT Guidance

    Physician Fee Screens for Therapy HCPCS Codes - 2009

    F309, CMS Revised Guidance for Surveyors-- March 1, 2009 Effective Date
  • S&C Memo-09-22 on Pain Management under Appendix PP, State Operations Manual: General investigative protocol & surveyor guidance
  • CMS PowerPoint Training Materials on F309 with Instructor’s Notes

    DQA SNF Data -- January to December 2008

    Nursing Homes – Launching of Five Star Rating System on the Nursing Home Compare Website

    Reporting Requirements for Influenza and other Respiratory Diseases

    Medicare SNF PPS Rate Calculator - Effective October 1, 2008

    State of Assisted Living (BAL) Presentation

    BAL: Assisted Living Serious Violations with Enforcement, January-June 2008

    Summary of Wisconsin’s Assisted Living Medication Management Initiative Workgroup

    State Recommendations for Use of Influenza Vaccine

    AAHSA Survey Reform Proposal

    Prevalence of Pressure Ulcers in Wisconsin Nursing Facilities

    Immediate Jeopardy Citations and Wisconsin Top Ten Federal Health Citations

    DQA Memo: Electronic Video Monitoring and Filming in Regulated Facilities

    Thomas Haupt, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Letter on Clarification of Reporting Requirements for Respiratory Disease Outbreaks in LTC Facilities

    Wisconsin SNF Residents: State, Regional and National Comparative Data -- 1996 to 2008


    CMS Region V Survey Comparison

    Revisions to Appendix PP - F323, Accidents and Supervision

    Revisions to Appendix P & PP - F373, Paid Feeding Assistants

    Therapy HCPCS Codes - 2007

    Pharmacy Services: CMS Revisions to Appendix P and PP

    CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Pharmacy Services and Unnecessary Drugs

    CMS Life Safety Code; K-tag Surveyor Tool Kit

    Person-Directed Care/Almost Home DVD

    CMS Information on Medicare Part D

    WAHSA Task Force on Reporting Injuries of Unknown Source -- Summary of the 6/29/04 Meeting

    Nursing Facility Reporting and Investigations Related to Injuries of Unknown Source


    Testimony Before the Joint Committee on Audit Regarding the Legislative Audit Bureau Report
    on the Regulation of Nursing Homes and Assisted Living

    SNF Consolidated Billing Help File (Microsoft Excel File) or SNF Consolidated Billing Help File (PDF File)

    Linen Carts and Laundry Storage

    Construction Requirements for New ‘Class-C’ CBRF structures

    Safe Storage, Handling, and Use of Oxygen

    Standards for Adult Immunization Practices

    Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings

    Z Tags

    Clarification on Nursing Homes Requiring Promissory Notes or Deposit Fees as a Condition of Admission,
    and Implications Related to Surety Bonds


    Surveyors Must Respect Resident Rights

    CMS Final Rule: Paid Feeding Assistants



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