For the last two years we have been fortunate as an industry to have received the two largest Market basket updates to our SNF PPS rates since the inception of PPS in 1998. The Market Basket, simply put, is the overall cost of goods and services that contribute to expenditures required to run and maintain… Continue reading 4.0% Update to SNF payments in FY 2024, That’s Good News
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Are you ready for MDS 3.0 v1.19.1?
Are you ready for MDS 3.0 v1.19.1? Next Fall, more data set changes are in the works. In the FY 2024 Final Rule, CMS adopted the COVID-19 Vaccine: Percent of Patients/Residents Who Are Up to Date (Patient/Resident COVID-19 Vaccine) measure into the SNF QRP. This new measure will affect the QRP APU starting FY 2026.… Continue reading Are you ready for MDS 3.0 v1.19.1?
Ever wanted to ask an expert?
At Broad River Rehab we love to engage our communities with shared knowledge. Long term care is a complex industry and we are constantly learning from each other. We also love to engage the broader SNF community through a resource on our website we call Ask Our Experts. From time to time we get questions… Continue reading Ever wanted to ask an expert?
CMS Targeted Probe: Top 10 Things for Providers to Know
Since the initiation of PDPM in October of 2019 providers have been long awaiting medical review from CMS program integrity to assess the accuracy of interdisciplinary team documentation. Now they are here and even though the 45-day turnaround is a quick one, no need to fret. We are here to provide you with key areas… Continue reading CMS Targeted Probe: Top 10 Things for Providers to Know
Broad River Rehab Summer Education Series: MDS 3.0 v1.18.11
During our monthly Broad River Rehab Reflections presentation, we highlighted the changes to the recently released MDS. Thank you again to those of you who participated in that web presentation. For those unable to join, we posted the recording and materials on the Insiders page. We are excited to announce that yesterday’s presentation was the…...
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North Carolina Medicaid
It’s been a while since we focused on North Carolina Medicaid. There is actually a lot going on. We going to cover some of it today. Some reference material that will be handy for this post are the current rates. You can download those here. COVID-19 Add-On Currently all Medicaid paid days include an add-on… Continue reading North Carolina Medicaid
Important BFCC-QIO Announcement!
It really is starting off to be a busy regulatory year and we’re trying to keep up. As you may be aware, a significant announcement has been made by both Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) organizations that service SNFs across the country, Kepro and Livanta. These are the organizations that, among… Continue reading Important BFCC-QIO Announcement!
Regulatory Reminder! Inappropriate Schizophrenia Diagnosis/Coding and Survey Citation Posting
It’s a new year and CMS has not wasted any time in making clear their efforts to stem the tide of what they perceive to be inappropriate diagnosing and coding of Schizophrenia. There are going to be some pretty significant adjustments to the 5-star rating system and Care Compare posting of survey citations under dispute.…...
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Regulatory Reminders: Consolidated Billing Update 2023
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2023. With all of the changes, challenges and opportunities facing us this year, it’s good sometimes return to areas of the fundamentals of SNF regulation and remind ourselves how important to keep these in focus as well. In February od 2022, you may remember that we completed a BRR Reflections…...
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All 9 MDS 3.0 v1.18.11 DRAFT Item Sets Released!
It, still the season for giving right? So… we thought we would provide you with some post Christmas, pre new year reading courtesy of CMS As you may be aware, CMS promised a full set of MDS 3.0 v1.18.11 item sets before the end of the year. Well, CMS has gone and done it again.… Continue reading All 9 MDS 3.0 v1.18.11 DRAFT Item Sets Released!