RCS-Done … Tech Support, please!
I was all ready for my presentation on RCS-I, and then I literally lost power and had the run yanked out from under me at the same time.
RCS-1
Payment reform: Ready! Set! Don’t go! No, I mean go!
Perhaps you think that the new therapy-payment bombshell (RCS-1) has turned out to be a dud. I hope to make the point that it was not.
CMS: Schedule up in the air for new RCS-1 therapy classification system
A replacement payment system pitched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid last spring is no closer to being finalized or implemented, officials said during an Open Door Forum conference call Thursday.
Rehabbing rehab
With the RCS-1 model focused on eliminating minutes and putting pressure on operators, providers brace for evolutionary change in therapy payment rules
CMS wants more comments on possible overhaul of therapy pay rules
Despite the closing of the official comment period, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials said Thursday they will still accept feedback from providers on a proposal to replace the current skilled nursing therapy reimbursement method.
RCS-1 is a complete rewrite of therapy reimbursement rules
With Resident Classification System, Version I (RCS-1), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is considering significant changes to the reimbursement model for therapy.
The cheese has moved … will Sniff find it?
Imagine my surprise when several people came bearing the shocking news that “the MDS will not matter anymore” and that RCS-1 is “the end of the MDS.” Wait, what? Not on your life!
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