There is a problem on the horizon. Under PDPM, the staffing study used to determine how many nursing hours to expect for a given RUG level will not longer work. That study, called STRIVE, was originally done between 2005 and 2009. The data from that study is used to estimate how many nursing hours (RN,… Continue reading PDPM, Staffing & STRIVE
Author: Joe Eaton
5 Star Staffing Ratings
We’re getting a lot of inquiries about 5 star ratings. It’s understandable because of the changes coming in April. One question we’re getting asked is “What would it take to improve my staffing rating?” or “How can I get another star?” In this post we’re going to take a look at that, using the new… Continue reading 5 Star Staffing Ratings
PDPM Navigator Lite™ – Free in the App Store!
We’ve decided to offer a lite version of our PDPM Navigator™ to everyone FOR FREE! PDPM Navigator Lite™ does everything that our website PDPM Calculator does (and more) but it does it all on your phone. You can use it wherever, whenever, however. No internet is required after the install. How do you get it?… Continue reading PDPM Navigator Lite™ – Free in the App Store!
Staffing Star Ratings – April 2019 Update
CMS has released an update to the 5 star rating system that’s included in Nursing Home Compare. In this post we’re going to look at changes in the staffing portion of the update. We’ve covered staffing and star ratings in the past, here , here and comprehensively here. So here we go again. According to… Continue reading Staffing Star Ratings – April 2019 Update
AANAC & AADNS Conference 2019
Broad River Rehab will be attending the AANAC & AADNS conference in Orlando, Florida on April 3rd through the 5th. We’ll be in booth 208 and would love to see you there! Since so many industry experts will be there, we’ve decided to bring two of our own. We’ll be giving away a prize to… Continue reading AANAC & AADNS Conference 2019
Providing Measurable Value In CaseMix
How many therapy companies tell you they’ll help you improve your case-mix? How many tell you they’ll help you with ADL training? (Section G isn’t going away if you live in a case-mix state.) How many claim their clients have better reimbursement because of more complete documentation? The answer is nearly all of us make… Continue reading Providing Measurable Value In CaseMix
NCHCFA 2019 Convention and Expo
We are very excited to attend the 2019 North Carolina Health Care Facilities 2019 Convention & Expo! We will be in booth 621. Please stop by and say hello. We will also be hosting a hospitality suite on the evenings of the 25th and 26th from 4 to 7pm. We would love to see you… Continue reading NCHCFA 2019 Convention and Expo
PDPM Calculator – Thank You!
Since we launched the PDPM Calculator in May of 2018, we’ve received an incredible amount of positive feedback. We’re truly flattered by the response. What started as a tool to help us understand PDPM has turned into something the entire community is using to get ready for this change. We’d like to say a HUGE… Continue reading PDPM Calculator – Thank You!
PDPM Navigator™
You might have noticed that we’ve been pretty quiet on the blog recently. The reason is that we’ve been very busy building a tool for the future. Our PDPM Calculator is incredibly popular but it doesn’t work well on a phone. We decided we needed a mobile version. THEN we decided to make it better,… Continue reading PDPM Navigator™
4 Things to Consider When Going In-House for Rehab
Almost every facility will consider going in-house for rehab at some point. The reasons are almost always financial. You can see why, many providers are still charging amazingly high rates for Medicare Part A. It seems so simple to to just hire your own therapists and keep all the money. Broad River Rehab encounters this… Continue reading 4 Things to Consider When Going In-House for Rehab