• Posted March, 2011: Preventive Maintenance Manual

• The most common cites nationally, in order are: F441, F371, F323, F281, F309, F279, F329, F253, F241, and F514.
• In Region V, in order they are: F323, F441, F371, F309, F329, F279, F272, F314, F281 and F282.
• In Ohio, in order they are: F323, F441, F309, F329, F279, F371, F225, F314, F157, and F272.
• CMS provided a list of the most common cites in life safety code in Region V.

• Click here for details.

The Five-Star Quality Rating System is based on continued efforts resulting from the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA '87), a nursing home reform law, and more recent quality improvement campaigns such as the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes, a coalition of consumers, health care providers, and nursing home professionals.

Nursing home ratings are taken from the following three sources of data:

• Health Inspections
• Staffing
• Quality Measures

Academy members can find information by clicking on the following links:

General Overview of Five-Star Quality Rating System (PDF, 847KB)

Concerns/Talking Points About the CMS Five Star Rating System (PDF, 122KB)

Five-Star Quality Rating System Technical Users' Guide (PDF, 564KB)

Five-Star Quality Rating System Technical Expert Panel (PDF, 18KB)

Consumer Fact Sheet (PDF, 35KB)

• Due to the implementation of MDS 3.0, the quality measure of the Five-Star Rating System will go away for approximately one year effective April of 2011. During this year there will be no overall star ratings, just the individual ratings for the health inspection and staff portion.

  ODJFS MDS Section Q Training Materials

  2012 Medicare Therapy Fee Schedule

  Federal Payment Rate Calculations