On behalf of everyone at Broad River Rehab, we’d like to thank Carol Maher for spending two days with us and teaching ICD-10 coding and PDPM at the beautiful Grove Park Inn in Asheville! The event was informative and entertaining. Carol really knows her stuff! We’d also like to thank everyone who attended. We hope… Continue reading 2019 ICD-10 / PDPM Training
Author: Joe Eaton
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Recently a colleague of mine completed an audit for a customer facility of all Part A residents with zero NTA points. The purpose was to answer the question: “Is it really possible these people have no non-therapy ancillaries?” The results were eye opening: More than 26% of the admissions DID have a potential NTA that… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Document Navigator™ Version 2.0!
We’re excited to announce that version 2.0 of Document Navigator™ is almost here! We think you’ll appreciate the updates and improvements. Some of the highlights: In-Document Highlighting: We’ll highlight relevant items and medications right in your original document so you can see them in context. We’ll also highlight all medications. Improved, Simplified User Interface: We’ve… Continue reading Document Navigator™ Version 2.0!
“Big Data”, Artificial Intelligence and Skilled Nursing
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data have hit the mainstream. Whether it’s the amazing advances in image recognition or sentiment analysis or shockingly accurate and timely friend suggestions and targeted ads. CMS has even launched the “Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge”. More information is available here. The purpose of the project is to predict unplanned… Continue reading “Big Data”, Artificial Intelligence and Skilled Nursing
Just How Many HIPPS Codes Are There?
A lot has been made of the complexity of PDPM. We’ve all heard by now there are more than 28 thousand code combinations. Let me get straight to the point: this narrative is wrong and is being used to make you feel like PDPM is too complex for you to handle. The “more than 28… Continue reading Just How Many HIPPS Codes Are There?
Note to All Employees
PDPM Navigator™ Updated!
Based on the information CMS updated on 8-30, we’ve updated PDPM Navigator™. Check the app store for the latest version, 0.4.0. iPhone users take note: the update takes a little longer with Apple. You should expect to see the update on Thursday! Thank you to everyone that has installed PDPM Navigator™ and continue to do… Continue reading PDPM Navigator™ Updated!
North Carolina Medicaid Trends Continue
In every state we analyze that has a case-mix system there are certain trends that we see over and over. Two of the most common trends are: Average case-mix slowly increases over time. This is true even in states that have a budget neutrality factor (BNF). North Carolina doesn’t have a BNF. In states that… Continue reading North Carolina Medicaid Trends Continue
Document Navigator!
Broad River Rehab is beyond excited to announce our Document Navigator! It uses cutting-edge AI technology to quickly read your patient documentation and find everything from non-therapy ancillaries to medications! You simply drag and drop a document onto a web page. We’ll scan it and highlight all the important items so you can find those… Continue reading Document Navigator!
Introducing … Provider Rating Report Scanner!
As you are probably aware, Broad River Rehab created Staffing Navigator to make it easier for facilities to understand the interaction between staffing levels and star ratings. (If you haven’t heard of Staffing Navigator, check your app store. It’s free and we’ll train you.) We learned a lot of things creating that app. The original… Continue reading Introducing … Provider Rating Report Scanner!