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In healthcare, constant change is a way of life. Our blog helps you stay up-to-date with the changes happening now, understand how they affect you, and prepare for what’s on the horizon.

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Sep 12, 2019
4 min

HOW WILL THE TRANSITION FROM RUG IV TO PDPM WORK?

Written by, The Patient Driven Payment Model is the biggest reimbursement and regulatory change of Medicare and skilled nursing facilities since the implemen...

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Jul 24, 2019
4 min

WHY IS SO MUCH SIGNIFICANCE BEING PUT ON NURSING DOCUMENTATION IN PREPARATION FOR PDPM?

Written by, PDPM utilizes a different methodology for how payment will be calculated. Instead of determining the payment based on the days and amount of ther...

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Apr 22, 2019
3 min

UNDER PDPM, WHAT AREAS OF THE MDS WILL IMPACT REIMBURSEMENT THAT DIDN'T BEFORE?

While the MDS form itself will not be changing significantly on October 1, 2019 with the implementation of PDPM, the methodology in how payment is calculated...

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Apr 4, 2019
2 min

HOW SECTION K OF THE MDS WILL IMPACT REIMBURSEMENT UNDER PDPM

WHAT DO I NEED TO CONSIDER WITH REGARD TO DATA COLLECTION FOR SECTION K? The implementation of PDPM on 10/1/19 will bring with it a wave of change and new si...

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Jan 5, 2019
2 min

CMS RELEASES DRAFT 2019 MDS ITEM SETS (V.1.17.0)

CMS has released the much anticipated DRAFT version of the 2019 MDS item sets (v.1.17.0), which is scheduled to take effect on October 1, 2019. The DRAFT 201...

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Nov 9, 2018
2 min

WHY IS ICD-10 CODING SO CRITICAL UNDER PDPM?

Several crucial payment components of PDPM will utilize the patient’s ICD-10 diagnosis (which is entered in the first line of MDS section 10020B) to categori...

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