Therapy

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...

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...

Understanding research methods and findings can influence daily therapy practice.

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.

Therapy leaders praise results of first study showing therapy quality didn’t decline under a new payment model, but they want broader evidence.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Psychiatric drug use and mental health counseling rose alongside COVID case counts, according to a CDC / Census Bureau survey analysis.