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Q: Are changes to the Patient Driven Payment Model expected with the revised MDS in October?

A new federal review process designed to lower the rate of improper government payments is sending provider staffs scurrying to justify their coding.

We’ve all been waiting for this. We knew it was coming! What am I speaking of? The May 4, 2023, notice of Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 5-Claim Probe and Educate Review, of course! Since the initiation...

Federal regulators are weighing changes to the three-year-old Patient Driven Payment Model to account for missed opportunities — and potentially inappropriate coding choices — a top Medicare official...

Policymakers should consider incentivizing nursing homes to take patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, argue the authors of a new study that finds such patients currently are more...

Many skilled nursing providers are still underusing Interim Payment Assessments under the nascent Patient Drive Payment Model, but one new pressure is driving some to submit those extra patient evaluations...

Providers still struggling to accurately capture diagnoses that drive federal reimbursement will be doubly left behind as more states start to use Patient Driven Payment Model-like systems to determine...

Physiatrists can help skilled nursing facilities more accurately capture reimbursement under the Patient Driven Payment Model, a leading payment consultant said Tuesday.

I love a good value, don’t you? It’s hard to find one these days in this economy.  Recently a friend of mine purchased a used vehicle from a reputable local dealership. Within a week, the engine...

The October 2019 industry shift to the Patient Driven Payment Model allowed all rehabilitation professionals the opportunity to document specific clinical characteristics about the patients we serve and...