Updated 12/30/2022
CMS requires facilities to indicate in EQRS which patients are considered to be 'nursing home patients.'
- Log into EQRS https://eqrs.cms.gov/
- From the Dashboard select Patients (top banner)
- Search for the patient
- Go Demographics page and EDIT the Contact Information
- Indicate whether the patient's address is a nursing home.
Remember to update this information if the patient moves out of a nursing home setting.
Report the correct Treatment Setting for patients in a Nursing Home, SNF, Long Term Care Facility.
- Log in to EQRS https://eqrs.cms.gov/
- From the Dashboard select Patients (top banner)
- Search for the patient
- Go to Treatments
- Click on the most current Admit Date for your facility
- Go to Treatment Summary (bottom)
- Click on the most current Treatment Start Date
- Click on EDIT or add New Treatment if needed
- Do not change historic treatment data unless it is incorrect
- Use New Treatment button to enter new data whenever patient changes modalities
- Verify that the Treatment Start Date is correct
- Verify that the Primary Dialysis Setting is correct
- Home: Patient receive hemodialysis or peritoneal (PD) treatment in their residence as defined by their permanent address.
- Dialysis Facility/Center: Patient travels to outpatient dialysis facility 3x per week to receive treatment.
- SNF/Long Term Care Facility: Patient is receiving this dialysis treatment in a Skilled Nursing Facility (short term) within a Long Term Care Facility. This may or may not be the patient’s permanent address.
- Verify Dialysis Time Period
- Nocturnal: Slow, longer hemodialysis treatment that takes place at night while you sleep.
- Daytime: Dialysis while patient is awake.
- Verify the Primary Type of Treatment
- Hemodialysis (include Sessions Per Week and Time Per Sessions (minutes))
- CAPD
- CCPD
- Verify Attending Practitioner information
- Verify Type of Dialysis Training information ONLY IF patient TRAINED for this Treatment modality
- Hemodialysis: only if patient trained for home dialysis
- CAPD: usually requires Training if CAPD is patient’s NEW home modality
- CCPD: usually requires Training if CCPD is patient’s NEW home modality
- Dialysis Training Start Date and Dialysis Training End Date should be populated IF patient TRAINED
