The new year is upon us. What new areas of regulatory change will your teams monitor in 2022? CPT? Parity? Survey trends? Quality? Yes, obviously quality, Renee, but the future of quality… where...
Therapists think SMART: #FightTheCuts
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Renee Kinder
Nov 18, 2021
On Nov. 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule that includes updates on policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part...
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM): What your rehab team should know about the final rule
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Renee Kinder
Nov 04, 2021
One positive outcome published in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Final Rule on the 2022 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule was clarification around the use of RTM codes. In an era of...
Oh me, oh my… thank goodness for CMMI!
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Renee Kinder
Oct 21, 2021
There are two deep cleaning seasons in our household. Spring and fall. Fall cleaning includes the neighborhood kids closet rotation (I haven’t had to buy school khakis in three years!), washing...
Skilled services 101: Understanding the medical appropriateness exception
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Renee Kinder
Oct 07, 2021
In our industry, we have all read it numerous times. Some of us can quote portions of it in our sleep… three consecutive calendar days, for a condition that was treated during the qualifying hospital...
Not so depressing after all
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Renee Kinder
Sep 23, 2021
I had a milestone birthday recently. A birthday which I refused to celebrate, threatened my husband and friends not to dare surprise me with any activities and had planned to spend alone on the couch with...
The data is in! More trends from CMS ResDAC
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Renee Kinder
Sep 09, 2021
All data lovers you are in luck! Another quarter of data is in, courtesy of the CMS Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC). We have all watched trends since the initiation of the Patient Driven Payment...
Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder involving the oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus or gastroesophageal junction. Consequences of dysphagia include malnutrition and dehydration, aspiration pneumonia, compromised...
Therapists, take note! FY 2022 changes in PDPM ICD-10
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Renee Kinder
Aug 12, 2021
The long-awaited final rule for FY 2022 provided updates in payment rates, wage index, value-based purchasing, quality reporting and a pause to the anticipated parity adjustment. Of equal interest, we...
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta: Why understanding variants matters
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Renee Kinder
Jul 29, 2021
Life over the past few weeks has felt a little too normal. Would you all agree? Like we have all just been waiting for the ball to drop, and it has, with the recommendations from the CDC on Tuesday related...