When I read my first SNF PPS final rule about 25 years ago, I thought that the start dates for some of its initiatives were so far in the future that they were of no concern. As a young person, my long-range...
CMS shaves 2022 PPS pay rates to 1.2%, won’t mess with PDPM cuts – for now
By
James M. Berklan
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 30, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced late Thursday that it will delay adjusting Patient Driven Payment Model payment rates until next year. The agency also will give nursing homes just...
Spring cleaning 2021: Will your rehab team pass the white-glove review?
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 22, 2021
Spring is in the air. Time to open the doors, let some fresh air in, and clean above, under and between every surface in our homes. Spring is a season that allows my obsessive cleaning habits to become...
Quality in the age of new PPS and regs at Feb. 7 webinar
Jan 24, 2017
Providers will learn what PPS care redesign means for them, and how quality initiatives can help them improve the bottom line at a Feb. 7 McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar. The broadcast, “A...
SNF Open Door forum features blockbuster topics
Nov 07, 2014
The SNF Open Door Forum to be hosted Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should get the phone lines burning. PPS Payment reform, 2015 payroll staffing data collection, quality measures...
Analytically Speaking: CMS Quality Measures for MDS 3.0
By
Steven Littlehale
Feb 17, 2012
At first, the MDS 3.0 Quality Measures do not appear to be very different from those based on MDS 2.0. But “the devil is in the details” and nearly every measure that seems familiar is different...
Skilled nursing groups slam MedPAC recommendations to revise payment system
Dec 20, 2011
Leading provider groups are sharply critical of a Medicare advisory committee’s recommendation that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should massively overhaul the skilled nursing facility...
CMS to disseminate more info about MDS 3.0, other issues and address questions in conference call
Oct 06, 2011
Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be hosting a monthly Skilled Nursing/LTC Open Door Forum a week from Thursday (Oct. 20) — not on Oct. 13, as originally announced. It...
MDS 3.0 webcast: The first week with changes … what do we do now?
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. That is one of the central messages...
Nursing homes must be on top of MDS changes, expert says
Sep 14, 2011
Nursing home operators need to make sure their MDS coordinators are paying close attention to the changes to the prospective payment system, an expert said yesterday during the last 2011 McKnight’s...