Understanding how your PPS rate is constructed is a critical skill. This presentation will break apart the PPPS rate and discover ways to ensure that your team is identifying and capturing resident specific information necessary for a PPS rate that reflects the acuity of your patient population. Download course materials here. Download PDPM Rate Calculator…...
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Build and MDS Module 1
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Insiders Summer Series Documentation to support the Primary Diagnosis
With the implementation of PDPM item I0020B, primary diagnosis, became foundational for establishing the PT, OT and a portion of the SLP HIPPS. Accurate documentation to support the primary diagnosis is critical to PDPM success. In this presentation, Shannon Hayes will break apart the requirements for primary diagnosis supporting documentation. Download course materials....
Regulatory Reminders
QM’s, Staffing, 5-Star Without Section G, and New MDS Interview Cue Cards We are certainly in unprecedented times. I heard a colleague remark recently that they had regulatory fatigue this year. Perhaps you feel the same way. That said, just when we thought were at a lull, CMS releases more for us to learn. This…...
Insiders Summer Education Series MDS 3.0 v1.18.11 Appendix A
MDS 3.0 and the Final RAI Manual revisions have been posted. There have been revision to Appendix A. This program will help providers understand these revisions as well as consider ways to operationalize the updates. Course materials. Enjoy!...
Insiders Summer Education Series MDS 3.0 v1.18.11 CATs and CAAs
MDS 3.0 and the Final RAI Manual revisions have been posted. There have been changes and or revision to the CATs and CAAs. This program will help providers understand the changes and revisions as well as consider ways to operationalize the updates. Course materials. Enjoy! (Note: if you say CAA, you kind of sound like…...
FY 2024 Proposed Rule
For those of you who missed the proposed rule webinar, please see below. The final rule PDF and calculator can be downloaded here....
Reflections: Appeals Update May 2023, CMS Targeted Probe TrainingReflections:
Hey there Insiders! For those of you who missed the Reflections webinars on May 11th and May 16th and for those who enjoy nostalgia, you can watch it below. The accompanying training documents can be downloaded here....
Reflections: SNF Quality Reporting Program Quality Measures
Hey there Insiders! For those of you who missed this yesterday or if you want to claim those sweet CEUs, you’re in the right place. If you’re looking to review yesterday’s Reflections webinar, see below. The course materials can be downloaded here. On with the show…...
Med A Census Navigator™ – The Acuity Update!
We’ve recently updated Med A Census Navigator™ again to include acuity. You may have noticed it already. Note the addition of PT/OT, SLP, Nursing and NTA boxes. These indicate the percent rank of this facility. For example, in the image, Advanced Healthcare Center in Toledo, this facility is in the 27th percentile for PT and…...