by Proactive LTC Consulting | Sep 10, 2025 | Compliance, Consulting, F-Tag, Infection Prevention, Regulatory, Survey
Q: When does the state survey agency or CMS usually apply the remedy of a Directed Plan of Correction? A: A Directed Plan of Correction (DPoC) is a remedy that provides for directed action(s) from either the State or CMS Regional Office (RO) that the facility...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jun 17, 2020 | Consulting, MDS, PDPM
Q: Will there be an updated RAI manual that will accompany these changes? If so, when will it be available? A: CMS will post coding instructions, but a complete RAI manual will not be occurring at this point. Excerpted from CMS MDS 3.0 Vendor Call on...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jun 17, 2020 | Consulting, MDS, PDPM
Q: Where should the OBRA PDPM HIPPS be calculated (historically this has been Z0200, however Issue ID #12 seems to call for Z0100)? A: It will be placed in Z0100 for states that have indicated they want PDPM calculations for OBRAs. We are not using Z0200...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jun 17, 2020 | Consulting, MDS, PDPM
Q: When can we expect the state PDPM OBRA CD to be released? A: That item should be on ALL assessments with target date of 10/01/2020 or later. Excerpted from CMS MDS 3.0 Vendor Call on June 11, 2020.
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jun 17, 2020 | Consulting, MDS, PDPM
Q: Will a set of updated item sets be released along-side this Errata or will the existing v3.00.3 items sets remain the official item sets? A: In response to State Medicaid Agency and stakeholder requests, CMS has updated the MDS 3.0 item sets (version 1.17.2)...
by PMR Team | Aug 5, 2019 | Consulting, Therapy
Providers will benefit from moving beyond a billable minute or RUGs based therapy contract under PDPM Therapy contracts are under review for many providers. In most cases, providers will benefit from moving beyond a billable minute or RUGs based therapy contract under...
