CMS Posts Updates to Nursing Home Care Compare Staffing and Quality Measures

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted memo QSO-23-21-NH describing updates to the staffing level case-mix adjustment methodology and quality measures used in the Nursing Home Care Compare Five Star Quality Rating System. These updates are in order to accommodate changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) that will take effect October 1, 2023. Additionally, CMS will be discontinuing the CMS-672 form and transferring the non-MDS-related items (e.g., census information) to the CMS-671 form. Please review the memo for more details.