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May 10, 2016

Top 5 Tips to Best Manage Your Quality Measures (QM)

By the year 2018, Quality Measures will determine how skilled nursing facilities are compensated based on, in part, public perception and customer feedback on the quality of services provided at the facility. Numerous impending changes in the ...

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April 22, 2016

The Results: New York State Nursing Home Surveillance Audit

Posted by The Harmony Team

The Office of the New York State Comptroller recently released the results of an audit entitled Nursing Home Surveillance. The purpose of the audit was to determine whether the Department of Health consistently follows federal and state regulations...

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April 1, 2016

Ready to Exit? CMS Issues Survey & Certification Memo

Posted by The Harmony Team

On March 11, 2016 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Survey and Certification Memo 16-11-ALL to the State Survey Agency Directors. This memo was made public to providers, and it clarifies guidance to surveyors regarding the...

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