QIO Change/Potential IDR Change

Change is coming for Missouri’s Medicare designated Quality Improvement Organization (QIO). Effective November 7, 2024, Health Quality Innovators will no longer be Missouri’s QIO. Missouri law requires DHSS to use the QIO for the IDR process. Accordingly, a change in the IDR facilitator is likely. CMS has not named a new QIO and may not until December or later. Once named, DHSS will contact the new QIO about contracting with DHSS for the IDR process. In the interim, if HQI is amenable, DHSS will look to it for IDR. DHSS is aware the last time the QIO changed it took months to get contracts in place, causing IDR delay. It is conceivable the same IDR personnel will contract to administer IDR. Stay tuned!

A Message from our Business Member CLA – 39th SNF Cost Comparison & Industry Trends Report: The Great Divergence

Members can analyze data and leverage trends to help navigate the financial, operational, and regulatory landscape for SNFs. How you say? CLA just released this year’s SNF cost comparison and industry trends report. Below is a link to the report that is free to download. CLA will host a complimentary webinar covering the report and additional insights in early November. You may register for the webinar through the second link below. The report is national data, however, CLA will provide the data by state. The state specific data is still being pulled together and will be released in the coming weeks.

• Report | 39th SNF Cost Comparison and Industry Trends Report
• Webinar | SNF Trends Report and Strategies for Healthy Operating Margins