Next Update to CMS Five-Star Nursing Home Rating System on February 25

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will update the nursing home five-star rating system on the Nursing Home Compare Web site on Thursday, Feb. 25. CMS populated facilities' mailboxes with their preview data as of Tuesday, Feb. 16. To access your information, visit the Minimum Data Set (MDS) State Welcome page available on the state servers where you submit MDS data. Select the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) reporting link located at the bottom of the login page. Once in the CASPER reporting system, click on the 'Folders' button and access the Five Star Report in your 'st LTC facid' folder, where "st" is the 2-digit postal code of the state in which your facility is located and "facid" is your facility's state-assigned ID. BetterCare@cms.hhs.gov remains available for concerns about February data. Our analysis and charts on the CMS nursing home five-star rating system will also be updated on the 25th. Contact: Iara Woody, (202) 508-9429.
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