Overview
CMS has migrated most of the previous CASPER reports to the iQIES system. Facilities have had difficulty locating these necessary reports in the new iQIES system. Often SNF teams report that they are unable to locate their MDS 3.0 Quality Measures in the new iQIES system. This prevents the SNF from determining whether goals they had previously set for MDS 3.0 Quality Measures have been met and whether additional MDS 3.0 Quality Measures have declined or improved. This webinar utilizes graphics and screenshots to lead participants through how to navigate to the reports in the new iQIES system. In addition to locating the most used reports in the iQIES system, the webinar will explain how to read the reports and how to use the data learned from the reports.
Learning Objectives:
1. Navigate to the MDS 3.0 Quality Measure report in iQIES.
2. Explain how to read the MDS Final Validation Report.
3. Report which new SNF QRP Measures for 2024 will be located in iQIES.
Instructor
Carol Maher, RN-BC, RAC-MTA, RAC-MT, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, CPC
Carol Maher is a Board Certified Gerontological Registered Nurse with over 30 years of long term care experience and has worked in long term care in many roles. She worked as the MDS Coordinator in a 300 bed SNF in Pennsylvania for 8 years before moving to CA to become the MDS Coordinator/Director for a 1200 bed SNF in San Francisco. She has also worked as the MDS Coordinator in a SNF that typically had 60-75 residents on Medicare in addition to 160 long-term care residents. Most recently she was the Senior VP of Utilization Services and Director of Reimbursement for large multi-facility organizations.
Carol has worked as one of the Gold Standard nurses for MDS 3.0, serving on the RAP workgroup to prepare the way for the CAAs for MDS 3.0, and participating on a number of Technical Expert Panels related to MDS, Quality Measures and care planning. A sought-after speaker, she has given presentations at AANAC, AHCA and Leading Age national conferences as well as many state organization presentations. She is also a frequent author of articles related to the RAI process and PPS. Carol served as a member of the AANAC Board of Directors for 9 years. She is presently serving as the chair of the AANAC Expert Advisory Panel and as an AANAC Master Teacher of the RAC-CT and RAC-CTA certification courses. Ms. Maher is the Director of Education for Hansen Hunter & Co. P.C., providing MDS and Medicare classes across the country, presenting monthly educational webinars and completing compliance audits. She is the author of Long-Term Care MDS Coordinator’s Field Guide (HCPRO 2016).
Credit Hours
- 1 hours for Licensed Nurses
- 1 NAB hours for Nursing Home Adminstrators
This pre-recorded webinar expires on January 17, 2026.