09/21/2023

Updates to Nursing Home Care Compare Staffing and Quality Measures

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new QSO-23-21-NH memo outlining changes to Care Compare on the staffing and quality measures for nursing homes. The changes include:

• Adjustment to Staffing and Quality Measures: CMS will update the staffing level case-mix adjustment methodology and replace some of the Quality Measures (QMs) used on Nursing Home Care Compare, in order to accommodate changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS). Additionally, CMS will discontinue the CMS-672 form since the section G MDS data, used to populate this form, is being eliminated.
• Penalty for Providers that Fail to Submit Staffing Data: To incentivize providers to submit accurate staffing data, CMS will revise the staffing rating methodology so providers that fail to submit staffing data or submit erroneous data receive the lowest score possible for corresponding staffing turnover measures.