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Welcome Back Insiders Today we’re talking to Broad River Rehab’s CEO, Manning McGraw. Manning will be answering our questions about the industry, where it’s headed, the company and more! Let’s get right to it! Industry Trends Q: Based on our internal modeling of the 2022 part B reimbursement reduction for therapist assistants, we viewed this…...
Wow! 2 Regulatory Reminders in two days. CMS has been busy! You may be wondering how long CMS will allow many of the COVID-19 waivers will last. Well wonder no longer. Today, CMS issued QSO-22-15-NH. In this memo, CMS has initiated a 30 and 60 day timeline for the phase out of some of the… Continue reading Regulatory Reminders! CMS Eliminates Key COVID-19 Waivers
Well we knew it was going to happen. CMS has posted a revised 5-Star User’s guide that details the promised changes to the Quality Measure cut point thresholds. In a recent regulatory reminder we indicated that CMS had given us a heads up about these changes in memo issued last month which detailed the planned… Continue reading Regulatory Reminder – CMS Updates 5 Star
Welcome Back Insiders Welcome back everyone! Today we’re turning things over to Billy and Shannon. They’re going to take a look at the most recent RESDAC data and focus on NTAs. We’re going to present some data to Billy and Shannon and let them share their thoughts from an operational perspective. Ready? Let’s go! Comments…...
Some of you have already noticed we’ve made some changes to the blog. We’ve added added content for BRR Insiders. The Insiders program is for Broad River Rehab Customers to get additional customer content. There are already a couple of posts live and a couple more are on the way. Does that mean the blog… Continue reading Hey Broad River Rehab, What’s Up With the Blog?
Welcome Back Insiders Today we’re going to ask our EVP of Clinical Services, Renee Kinder, a few questions. We’re hoping to make this an ongoing “Q&A” series with with different people each time. If you have a question you’d like to ask someone in the company, please send it in and we’ll see what we…...
Welcome Insiders Hello and welcome Insiders! This is our first blog posting for Insiders only. We’re going to try something a little different. We hope you enjoy it. There will be an opportunity to let us know what you think at the end of the posting. Today Joel & I are going to dig through…...
On Monday, CMS issued a memo titled, “Quality Measure Rating Threshold Changes with the April 2022 Refresh”. This memo indicated that CMS plans to change the QM rating thresholds every six months. This will begin in April of 2022. This probably seems like short notice for a change of this magnitude. Back in 2019, CMS… Continue reading Regulatory Reminder: CMS to update Quality Measure Ratings Thresholds!
I love springtime. It is a time of renewal ,warm days and flowers blooming and often it is a time of new discoveries. Like the fact that I have discovered, that my lawn needs to be mowed and it’s only March. Last month we blogged on state cut points and the disparities between the states.… Continue reading State Health inspection Cut Point Levels: “How” and the “Why”? – Part 2
I love Georgia peaches. In fact, I was lamenting that it was much too early for fresh peaches while at the GHCA winter convention a few weeks ago. (The peach cobbler was outstanding though.) The first bite of those famous southern summer peaches is a tasty treat. Recently, we have been biting into some pretty… Continue reading Georgia on my mind
