The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made education content available explaining its new validation process, highlighted by a video titled, “Overview of the Data Validation Process for the SNF Assessment-Based Measures.”

The content includes: 

The video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B20RF412eug&feature=youtu.be.

Accompanying slides at Overview of the Data Validation Process for the SNF Assessment-Based Measures; and a transcript at Overview of the Data Validation Process for the SNF Assessment-Based Measures - Transcript.

CMS said questions on the training tools should be directed to SNF Validation Help Desk at snfvalidation@hcmsllc.com​. 

Questions or comments? Contact Patrick Connole at pconnole@parkplacelive.com.