New CMS Training Available on Re-Specification of the Falls with Major Injury QM

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a web-based training that provides the latest information about the future respecification of the Falls with Major Injury (FMI) Quality Measure (QM) for nursing homes and other Post-Acute Care (PAC) Settings. The training provides an overview of the legacy and respecified FMI Measure, discusses how the changes to the measure include both assessment and claims/encounter data in the respecified measure specifications. It also reviews key changes in the Minimum Date Set (MDS) data collection guidance related to falls and injuries. 

CMS has not posted a time frame for transition to the respecified measure at this time. 

For additional information about the measure respecifications, access the Technical Specification Report available on the CMS Nursing Home Quality Improvement Quality Measures page. Questions may be directed to regulatory@ahca.org​.