Ask the payment expert … about inaccurate MDS therapy information
By
Patricia Boyer
Feb 01, 2013
What happens if my therapy company makes an error on the MDS and as a result, a change of therapy was missed? Are we still responsible?
Team TSI partners with AIS
Jan 23, 2013
Team TSI and AIS recently announced a partnership that will result in greater product organization between the two firms. Both firms create web-based software for long-term care operators. Under the partnership,...
PointClickCare buys Accu-Med
Nov 07, 2012
PointClickCare has completed its acquisition of Accu-Med Services. Accu‐Med delivers integrated financial and clinical software solutions for long-term care providers.
Will the MDS ever go away?
By
Maria Arellano, MS, RN
Oct 19, 2012
As the industry moves from fee-for-service to the episodic world of care, much emphasis has been placed on understanding how payment systems work over the past couple of decades. This view evaluates outcomes...
Overcoding or undercoding incontinence in the MDS 3.0 is a problem that can draw the attention of surveyors, says McKnight’s Super Tuesday speaker Leah Klusch.
AHCA will incorporate PointRight’s rehospitalization metric into its Quality Initiative
Sep 05, 2012
PointRight combines Minimum Data Set 3.0 data and unique analytics to calculate case-mix adjusted hospital readmission rates.
CMS issues meaningful use final rule and offers RAI manual update timeline
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 24, 2012
Regulators have released the final rule that outlines criteria hospitals and other providers must meet to receive funding for a federal electronic health-record incentive program.
What color is your discus?
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 02, 2012
Let’s be honest with each other. I made a bad career choice, and so did you. We should have been Olympic discus throwers. What were we thinking?
Rehab reimbursement and audits the focus of July Super Tuesday webcast
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 02, 2012
Nursing home administrators who can’t back up every minute of rehab therapy delivered in their building leave themselves open to auditing, warns an MDS 3.0 expert during the July 10 McKnight’s...
In defense of the Chaos Muppet
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 12, 2012
Muppet theory can change the way we view business, and today is brought to you by the letters L, T and C.