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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.

Nov 21, 2019
4 min

TIPS & STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE ACCURACY UNDER PPDM

The transition to PDPM on October 1 brought forth a whole new reimbursement system centered around primary clinical characteristics of the patient that is de...

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Sep 30, 2019
3 min

THE PDPM COUNTDOWN IS OVER...DON'T MISS THESE CRITICAL ELEMENTS DURING THE TRANSITION

Written by, October 1, 2019 is officially here and over these last few weeks, SNFs and MDS Coordinators have been busy making final preparations to make this...

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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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Aug 19, 2019
2 min

HOW SNFs WILL NEED TO UPDATE WORKFLOWS FOR GATHERING AND SHARING INFORMATION UNDER PDPM?

Written by, As the implementation date for PDPM draws near, SNFs need to assure that the IDT members have a firm understanding of how information gathering a...

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Aug 1, 2019
2 min

SNF ALERT - CMS Final Rule

On Tuesday CMS issued the FY 2020 SNF Final Rule which will take effect on October 1, 2019 and includes a series of rate, regulatory, definition, and reporti...

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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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Jul 11, 2019
3 min

INCREASING POST-DISCHARGE SUCCESS

Written by, One of the most recent and significant rate reducing penalties CMS has imposed on Skilled Nursing Facilities is the 2% reduction based on Acute H...

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Jun 26, 2019
1 min

HOW WILL MY TRIPLE CHECK PROCESS CHANGE UNDER PDPM?

Written by, As we move towards October, providers should be discussing the changes that will be necessary to implement the Triple Check process under PDPM. ...

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May 29, 2019
2 min

MANAGED CARE ENROLLMENT IS EXPLODING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WILL PDPM CHANGE THAT?

The Future of Managed Care What’s on the horizon for managed care is starting to look really appealing to some in the post-acute sector. Hold on. Did we real...

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Apr 25, 2019
2 min

HOW CAN WE DIRECT OUR EFFORTS TO QAPI AS WE PREPARE FOR PDPM?

SNF’s are continually having to change focus and jump through hoops of regulatory changes including a new survey process, meeting Requirements of Participati...

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