Big changes and opportunities are coming in the world of malnutrition. Beginning in 2024, hospitals will have the option to report on the quality of their malnutrition care by using the first-ever nutrition-related quality measure, the Global Malnutrition Composite Score. In this episode, we cut through the complicated jargon to give you the run-down on what registered dietitians need to know about this upcoming change.

Show Notes:

• Dietitians On Demand’s Global Malnutrition Composite Score webinar
• MQii website. Implementing quality improvement and reporting on the Global Malnutrition Composite Score (GMCS) presentation. Updated January 2023. 
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2023 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Costs Incurred for Qualified and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans; and Changes to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation. Table IX.H.-13. Federal Register. Published 08/10/2022; effective 10/01/22. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/10/2022-16472/medicare-program-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-systems-for-acute-care-hospitals-and-the Accessed January 6, 2023.