Nursing Home Quality Measures
The data for the quality measures come from the MDS Repository. The MDS is collected on regular intervals for every resident in a Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing home. Information is collected on the resident's health, physical functioning, mental status, and general well-being. These data are used by the nursing home to access the needs and develop a plan of care unique to each resident.
Regulations require that a MDS assessment be performed at admission, quarterly, annually, and whenever the resident experiences a significant change in status. For residents in a Medicare Part A stay, the MDS is also used to determine the Medicare reimbursement rate. These assessments are performed on the 5th, 14th, 30th, 60th and 90th day of admission.
All of this data is reported by the nursing homes themselves. It is reviewed by nursing home inspectors, but not formally audited to ensure that it is accurate. Every attempt is made to assure the accuracy and timeliness of this information. However, this information changes frequently as residents are discharged and admitted, or resident conditions change. We advise interpreting this information cautiously and supplementing it with information from the Ombudsman's office, the State Survey Agency, or other sources.
Long-Stay Quality Measures
(people in an extended or permanent nursing home stay)
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Given Influenza Vaccination During the Flu Season (New!)
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Were Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination (New!)
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
- Percent of High-Risk Long-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores AND Percent of Low-Risk Long-Stay Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Were Physically Restrained
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder AND Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection
- Percent of Long-Stay Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
Short-Stay Quality Measures
(people needing short-term skilled nursing care or rehabilitation services following a hospital stay, who are expected to return home)
- Percent of Short-Stay Residents Given Influenza Vaccination During the Flu Season (New!)
- Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Were Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination (New!)
- Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
- Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
- Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Ulcers