Providers say phased-in Medicare cuts would soften final payment rule damage, slow nursing home worker...
Nov 09, 2011
Congress could stave off the predicted loss of 20,000 nursing home jobs by enacting a phased-in funding regulation over three years, according to one provider group.
Providers must be compliant with new nursing home payment rules or face rejection of claims, expert says
Oct 06, 2011
Nursing home administrators must be absolutely certain their billing department staff and MDS coordinators are up to speed on the newly implemented PPS rules for therapy, MDS expert Leah Klusch said Wednesday...
CMS to repeat MDS 3.0 training conference call
Aug 25, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have announced that it will host an additional conference call on Sept. 1 about policy changes to MDS 3.0 for 2012.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a national provider call Tuesday on skilled nursing facility payment changes for 2012 based on the new MDS 3.0 assessment system. Officials have called...
