We Want to Connect with You! Do you have a Facebook or Twitter account? If so, we'd love to connect with you! We designed our social media offerings to be a quick, convenient way for you to learn about the hottest industry news. We also host exclusive contests on our Facebook page and encourage you to share feedback and suggestions on how we can continue to help you make improving care easier! You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/promedsupply and on Twitter at twitter.com/promed_LTC. And don't forget our blog, Growing Together in Health Care! It's located at promedsupply.blogspot.com. It's easy to connect with us! Links to our Facebook and Twitter pages as well as our blog are located at the top of this and every issue of LTC Connection. We've also included them below. CMS Freezes Five-Star Ratings, Adds More Info to Nursing Home Compare Site CMS has announced that they plan to make major changes to the Nursing Home Compare website over the next few months. Perhaps most notably, the agency will be freezing five-star ratings for six months while they gather quality measure data from the new MDS 3.0. The freeze will go into effect on April 23. Other changes planned for the site include: Adjustments to allow consumers to more easily file complaints against nursing homes with state survey agencies (links to state complaint websites will be added and state fax and phone numbers will become more prominent) A more visible "consumer rights" section The addition of a standardized complaint form for consumers who want to file a complaint by fax Beginning in July, CMS will display data on the following: The number of substantiated complaints received The number of enforceable actions that have been imposed (such as civil monetary penalties or denials of payment for new admission) To learn more, click here. Victory Blood Glucose Meter The Victory Blood Glucose Meter, our Compliance® Solution, is a technologically advanced auto-code meter that delivers accurate and consistent results in only five seconds. Additional features: Gold-plated test strip electrodes Auto coding Test strip release button 0.5 µl sample size Test range: 20-600mg/dl 500 test result memory Glucose dehydrogenase (AST) Product pricing is only visible to registered promedsupply.com customers. If you are not yet registered, one of our Customer Care Professionals will be happy to get you set up. Just give us a call at (800) 648-5190.