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Sometimes when a friend walks up to you and frames what they are about to say with, “please keep this confidential”, one of two reactions typically occurs. You might say, “please tell me all the juicy details.” Or you might say, “Stop, I don’t really want to know.” Late last week CMS released some confidential…...
I’m fortunate. I work for a forward-thinking company. We buy data from CMS and analyze it. We aggregate it. We look for trends. We study our own performance and look at how other people do it. We argue about what it means and how to get better at getting better. We have long debates about… Continue reading The Parallel Healthcare Universe
The January 2025 Care Compare refresh will contain new data for four quality measures that were frozen last year due to the the elimination of section G and the replacement of the related portions of the technical specifications with section GG items. The 4 quality measures are: To address these changes in measure specifications, the… Continue reading January 2025 Five-Star Changes Coming Your Way!
In quarter 1 of 2025 we will be releasing a new version of PDPM Navigator®! We’re really excited to show it to you. The new version will include ALL the current functionality and some exciting new features. I don’t want to spoil the surprises yet, but I will post a couple of screenshots....
It’s springtime and that means rain and wind and blustery weather as winter gives up the ghost and warmer days approach. The spring ritual of shedding the heavy outer garments and donning more comfortable seasonal attire has begun. It’s also time for another early spring ritual. Every year around this time. CMS publishes the proposed… Continue reading Major Wage Index Proposals are in the wind, Courtesy of CMS
It’s time for another Regulatory Reminder. There is a lot going on so let’s get started. Item 1. CMS has released an item set change table supplement document along with MDS 3.0 v.1.8.11 v.6. there were several data set corrections. It would be worth your time to download the supplement to familiarize yourself with the latest data set.…...
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
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?
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?
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