Ask Proactive – My facility has been selected for a Schizophrenia Audit by CMS. How will the results of this audit impact our facility’s Five Star rating?

Q: My facility has been selected for a Schizophrenia Audit by CMS. How will the results of this audit impact our facility’s Five Star rating?     A: Inaccuracies identified through these audits impact QM ratings as follows: The overall QM and long-stay QM...

Critical Risks for 2023 Audits

The New Year calls for new beginnings and fresh starts! With increasingly sophisticated data analytics, regulatory enforcement of required Compliance and Ethics Programs (CEP) effective October 2022, and President Biden’s nursing home reform, providers must focus...