Therapists, take note! Proposed changes to ICD-10 mapping
By
Renee Kinder
May 12, 2022
The buzz around the proposed rule for fiscal 2023 continues as providers aim to review, digest and comment on proposed updates to the SNF payment rates, wage index adjustments, methodology for recalibrating...
Therapy cuts are here
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Feb 11, 2022
We are over a month into 2022 and have already billed the first month of the 15% reduction in therapy reimbursement for our Medicare patients. You’ll recall that Jan. 1, 2022, was the day that Medicare Part...
Why ask why? Applying research to daily therapy practice
By
Renee Kinder
Jan 20, 2022
Understanding research methods and findings can influence daily therapy practice.
Therapy ain’t it!
By
Melissa Brown
Jan 20, 2022
New research comparing RUGs IV therapy minutes versus PDPM minutes was released by the JAMA Health Journal. I was shocked – but not by the data.
Therapists cheer PDPM outcomes, rebuke implications of overutilization
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 17, 2022
Therapy leaders praise results of first study showing therapy quality didn’t decline under a new payment model, but they want broader evidence.
Contract therapy vs. management agreement: Who gets the win?
By
Melissa Brown
Nov 15, 2021
SNF providers are reconsidering everything after PDPM and COVID-19. These two tremendous catalysts have turned skilled nursing upside down in many communities, and have left providers wondering which route...
Breaking down the therapy changes
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Nov 08, 2021
Proposed rules almost always become final rules. On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (after threatening for four years) finalized the 15% payment reduction for outpatient...
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM): What your rehab team should know about the final rule
By
Renee Kinder
Nov 04, 2021
One positive outcome published in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Final Rule on the 2022 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule was clarification around the use of RTM codes. In an era of...
SNF therapy: Time per-patient declined 80 minutes, staffing off nearly 15% with PDPM, study finds
By
Danielle Brown
May 10, 2021
The implementation of the Patient Driven Payment Model resulted in a huge drop-off in therapy staffing at nursing homes, a new study confirms. The findings have researchers concerned that the declines...
Elders’ mental distress rose during COVID surges, U.S. Census Bureau finds
By
Alicia Lasek
May 05, 2021
Psychiatric drug use and mental health counseling rose alongside COVID case counts, according to a CDC / Census Bureau survey analysis.