by PMR Team | Oct 1, 2019 | 5-Star, Hospitals, Medicare, Regulatory, SNF
It’s important that your local hospital discharge planners understand your quality measure data September 26th, CMS issued a final rule requiring hospitals to provide patients greater access to information about available post-acute provider choices as part of... by PMR Team | Oct 1, 2019 | MDS, Medicare, PDPM, Reimbursement, SNF
IPA is an optional SNF PPS stand-alone MDS item set under PDPM The Interim Payment Assessment (IPA) is an optional SNF PPS stand-alone MDS item set under PDPM. The IPA can be completed when providers determine that the resident has experienced changes to his or her... by PMR Team | Sep 17, 2019 | Medicare, PDPM, Reimbursement
What does PDPM mean for Medicare Part A beneficiaries who will reside in the facility under both payment models? RUG-IV comes to a hard stop at 11:59pm on September 30th, 2019 and will be replaced with the Patient Driven Payment Model at 12:00am on October 1st. What... by PMR Team | Aug 21, 2019 | Hospitals, Medicare, PDPM, Physicians, Reimbursement, SNF
Factors Impacting Reimbursement Become More Complex Under PDPM, the factors impacting reimbursement become more complex. Supportive documentation should reflect this complexity through descriptions of the relevant care and services impacting each of the five payment... by PMR Team | Jul 21, 2019 | MDS, Medicare, PDPM, Webinars
Don’t miss the expert panel session on Operational Strategies for Success Under PDPM coming in August in our Moving Mountains Series! SNF experts in MDS coding, software, reimbursement, accounting, compliance and legal issues will share tips and strategies to conquer... by PMR Team | Jul 15, 2019 | Compliance, Medicare, PDPM, Reimbursement
ICD.10 coding will have a major impact under PDPM ICD.10 coding will have a major impact under PDPM with the PT, OT, SLP and the bulk of the NTA items (35 of the 50 are diagnosis related items) paid in part based on the diagnoses coded on the MDS. You’ve attended...