American Health Care Association (AHCA) members can now find their Health Inspection Survey Score in LTC Trend Tracker.  Survey Score is the basis of your Five-Star rating, and it includes both health and complaint inspection data.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the following methodology for calculating your survey score:

• Based on the most recent three standard surveys.
• Results from any complaint investigations during the most recent three-year period.
• Any repeat revisits (no points assigned for the first revisit).
• Points are assigned to individual health deficiencies according to their scope and severity.
• More points are assigned for more serious, widespread deficiencies.
• Fewer points for less serious, isolated deficiencies.
• If the deficiency generates a finding of substandard quality of care, additional points are assigned. If the status of the deficiency is “past non-compliance” and the severity is “immediate jeopardy” (i.e., J-,K- or L-level), then points associated with a G-level deficiency are assigned.

You can find your survey score in the CASPER Combined Report in the LTC Trend Tracker System. Login today to see your data.