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Providing information and guidance for Long-Term Living Providers - Skilled Nursing, Intermediate Care, Assisted Living and Residential Care Homes. You may contact the Section for Long-Term Care Regulation (SLCR) at 573-526-8524.

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The final Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version (v)1.20.1v3 and Item Matrix v1.20.1v3 are now available in the 

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The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and Missouri Area Agencies on Aging have published the draft of the

CMS recently transitioned to a cloud-based Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) for nursing home survey and…

The Family Support Division (FSD), Department of Health and Senior Services Central Office Medical Review Unit (DHSS COMRU), and the…

The SNF Validation Program is an audit-based program established to assess the accuracy of Minimum Data Set (MDS)-based quality measures…

The Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) has published

Nursing homes are required to electronically submit direct care staffing information to the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) system. Submissions…

DHSS has received official word from the Centers of Excellence for Behavioral Health that their grant will end on September 29, 2025.…