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The Link Between Quality Rounds and Quality Outcomes

Is Your Clinical Risk Meeting at Risk?

QAPI Is More Than a Meeting - It's the Operating System of a High-Performing Skilled Nursing Facility

FTag 686 Treatment and Services to Prevent/Heal Pressure Ulcers

Quality in Focus: Treatment and Services to Prevent/Heal Pressure Ulcers. A multidisciplinary approach for resident safety.

MDS News and Guidance

Optimizing Outcomes: The SLP Component in PDPM and Why All the Pieces Matter

Under PDPM, the SLP Component is underutilized. Proper coding and training can enhance care and reimbursement in skilled nursing facilities.

FTag 725 Sufficient Nursing Staff

Practical tips to tackle the top 3 challenges faced by staffing-strapped facilities during our mock surveys.

Did the Recent Refresh Drop Your Star Rating?

Regulatory Update

February 18, 2025

In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion - Revised Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance

Revised Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance Effective March 24, 2025

January 28, 2025

2024 In Review: The Top 5 FTag Citations

Using Quality in Focus as the foundation, Polaris Group highlights the nationwide Top Five Citations of 2024 and prevention tips.

Regulatory Update

January 1, 2025

CMS Releases Updated Five-Star Technical Users' Guide Effective January 2025

Changes to four quality measures (QM) that will impact the QM domain of the Five-Star Quality Rating System in the January 2025 refresh.

November 14, 2024

FTag 883 – Ensuring Immunization Compliance

F883 immunization deficiencies surged in 2024 mock surveys. What do know and what to do in order to align policies with CMS regulations.

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