by Proactive LTC Consulting | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19
NOTE: This article was written and posted by AAPACN on August 19, 2021. Proactive Medical Review has received permission to repost this article in full. Yesterday, President Biden announced that nursing homes must vaccinate their staff or lose Medicare and... by Proactive LTC Consulting | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog, MDS, Quality, Regulatory, Survey
Care planning is an essential part of quality patient care as it offers an organized structure of identification of needs via the comprehensive assessment. This structure then drives the individualized type of services and care the resident receives by the development... by Proactive LTC Consulting | Aug 16, 2021 | 5-Star, Blog, Nursing, Regulatory, Survey
F761 Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals is currently the 8th most frequently cited deficiency throughout the nation thus far in FY2021. Source: CASPER 08/08/2021 REGULATION The F761 regulation includes three requirements: Labeling – (1) Drugs and biologicals... by Proactive LTC Consulting | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog, Medicare, PDPM, Quality Measure, Regulatory, Reimbursement
July 29th, 2021, the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) final rule was released. The rule, which goes into effect October 1, 2021, contained several updates, including factors affecting the usual payment rates, changes to diagnosis code... by Proactive LTC Consulting | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog, Regulatory, Reimbursement, Telehealth, Therapy
Last month, CMS released the “Medicare Part B” CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule outlining proposed changes which would take effect January 1, 2022. This proposed rule only applies to traditional Medicare and not Medicare Advantage plans. The... by Proactive LTC Consulting | Aug 2, 2021 | Blog, Regulatory, Survey
On July 28, 2021, CMS issued a memo stating that they are removing the guidance they issued in 2017 that instructed CMS Locations to impose civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for prior noncompliance solely on a per-instance basis. CMS states they will now retain the...