CarePort granted Innovator status by CMS, creating one of the nation’s largest post-acute data sets
I’m excited to announce that CarePort has been granted Innovator status by CMS, making it one of a select few population health businesses that have access to CMS’ Chronic Conditions Warehouse (CCW). The CCW contains a wealth of data on Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries across the nation. Coupled with the robust real-time data we continually […]
Understanding recent changes to SNF Five-Star ratings: what hospitals need to know
This is the first post in our two-part series on the SNF Five-Star Rating program, which experienced a major overhaul this month. In Part 1 below, we will help hospitals, health systems, and ACOs interpret the resulting drop in SNF ratings. In Part 2, we will explain potential drawbacks to using the star ratings as […]
The transition to post-acute care: the SNF’s perspective
The step down from the hospital to a post-acute care facility is one of the most challenging junctures in the patient journey. We looked at this transition from both the patient’s perspective and the hospital care coordinator’s perspective in a recent blog post and identified lack of information about post-acute providers and the quality of […]
Succeeding under CMS’s new quality measures: three steps for SNFs to follow
On Wednesday, CMS released data on 5 new quality measures under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP). QRP was born out of the 2014 IMPACT act and it is unique in that unlike other SNF quality measure programs, the QRP program requires the reporting of quality measures that can be calculated across […]
Significant changes ahead for SNFs
At the beginning of the year, we hosted a webinar on the top trends for SNFs to be aware of going into 2018. Now that we’re three-quarters of the way through the year, we’re revisiting this topic to provide updated guidance to SNFs on what to expect as we close out 2018 and look forward […]