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Get expert, practical help for your facility.

MDS Consultants makes your team more proficient in skilled MDS documentation, ICD-10 coding, Interim Payment Assessments, Medicare regulations, reimbursement maximization and PDPM.

04/29/2026

Skilled Nursing Facility Data Validation Process: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) has been updated for April 2026. Check out the updates.
https://cstu.io/b673ef
https://cstu.io/8ce2d5

04/28/2026

Our team is on-site at SCHCA in Myrtle Beach this week.

We hope you had the opportunity to catch Jessica Stucin and Kristine Martinez presenting:
𝗚𝗚 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀

This session focused on practical strategies to strengthen interdisciplinary processes, improve documentation accuracy, and support regulatory compliance.

If you missed it, we hope you had a chance to stop by Booth #502 to say hello and pick up a complimentary Functional Abilities GG Tool.

Always great connecting with everyone in person.

Feel free to reach out for more education and training opportunities: https://cstu.io/f0b236

04/28/2026

The Five-Star rating preview reports for nursing homes will be available in iQIES on April 22, 2026. Nursing Home Care Compare will update with the April Five-Star data on or around April 29, 2026.

Important Note: The Five-Star Helpline (800-839-9290) will be available April 27-May 1, 2026. For assistance logging into iQIES, please contact the iQIES Service Center via email (iQIES@cms.hhs.gov) or by phone (800-339-9313).
https://cstu.io/fdafd8

04/28/2026

𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟮 | 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗳

𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿:

• Types of QMs (MDS 3.0 / SNF QRP / SNF VBP)
• How QMs connect to care planning, survey, Care Compare/Five Star, and reimbursement
• A preview of the full 6-part QM series

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱: Administrators, DONs, NACs/MDS Coordinators, Clinical Nurse Managers, and IDT members.

Register to receive your personal login link: https://cstu.io/f4adc5
Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you’re joining us live. We’ll see you there.

04/27/2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a Web-Based Training that provides the latest information about the respecification of the Falls with Major Injury (FMI) Quality Measure (QM) for the Post-Acute Care (PAC) Settings. The training provides an overview of the legacy and respecified FMI Measure, discusses how the respecified measure includes both assessment and claims/encounter data in the respecified measure specifications. It also reviews key changes in PAC data collection guidance related to falls and injuries.
To access the training, click on the following link: https://cstu.io/be8760

04/25/2026

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 🎪 Join our speaking session at SCHCA's 2026 Annual Meeting and Trade Show on 4/27/2026 and come by our booth on 4/28/2026. We are looking forward to networking with everyone. https://www.schca.org/events/calendar/?utm_source=contentstudio.io&utm_medium=referral&ill_calendar_event_id=2342

04/24/2026

Happy Friday to our long-term care teams—thank you for everything you do. Hope you get a chance to reset this weekend.

04/22/2026

ACHCA 2026 — we’re here! 👋

If you missed our educators today, you can still catch them tomorrow.

👉 https://cstu.io/8e7c7d

04/22/2026

𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 “𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀.”

They connect to care planning, survey focus, Care Compare/Five Star, and reimbursement.

On May 12, our MDS Consultants Education Team is kicking off a webinar series that breaks down the different QM types (MDS 3.0, SNF QRP, SNF VBP) and shows how to build a practical game plan your team can use.

✅ You must register to receive your personal login link: https://cstu.io/98f56b

𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀:
May 12 (Kickoff) | May 26 (Part 1) | Jun 9 (Part 2) | Jun 23 (Part 3) | Jul 7 (Part 4) | Jul 21 (Part 5) | Aug 4 (Part 6)

04/22/2026

April is Occupational Therapy Month. Thank you to all the PAC (Post-Acute Care) Occupational Therapy staff that provide care to our SNF/NH residents.
https://www.aota.org/events/calendar/ot-month/?utm_source=contentstudio.io&utm_medium=referral

04/21/2026

"Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2027” proposed rule (CMS-1843 P, RIN 0938-AV75) available at https://www.federalregister.gov/?utm_source=contentstudio.io&utm_medium=referral. As outlined in the FY 2027 SNF PPS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, we are proposing to remove the COVID-19 Vaccine: Percent of Patients/Residents Who Are Up to Date (Patient/Resident COVID-19 Vaccine) measure beginning with the FY 2028 SNF QRP. SNFs would no longer be required to collect and submit the Patient/Resident COVID–19 Vaccine measure data to CMS, therefore the Resident’s COVID–19 vaccination is up to date (O0350) data element is removed from the MDS effective October 1, 2027. "
https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/legislation/paperworkreductionactof1995/pra-listing-items/cms-10387/?utm_source=contentstudio.io&utm_medium=referral

04/20/2026

In a report, the Office of Inspector General found that some skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) didn’t comply with Medicare requirements for reporting related party costs. These SNFs failed to report related parties on their Medicare Cost Reports or reported the costs inaccurately, resulting in overstated costs to the Medicare Program. https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/audit/10131/A-07-21-02836.pdf?utm_source=contentstudio.io&utm_medium=referral
𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗡𝗙 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁: https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/EnrollmentResources/provider-resources/snf/index.html?utm_source=contentstudio.io&utm_medium=referral
Why related party costs must be reported accurately
How to accurately report these costs and required documentation
https://www.cms.gov/training-education/medicare-learning-network/newsletter/mln-connects-newsletter-april-9-2026 /?utm_source=contentstudio.io&utm_medium=referral

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