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
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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
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
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
Congratulations Fall 2018 RAC-CT Graduates!
From everyone at Broad River Rehab, we’d like to say congratulations to our first class to complete AANAC’s “Resident Assessment Coordinator” (RAC) education program and certification testing process! All of our regional vice presidents are now AANAC RAC-CT certified! We believe the program is valuable to help us have a better understanding of the complexities… Continue reading Congratulations Fall 2018 RAC-CT Graduates!
Value-Based Purchasing Data
CMS recently released updated information on the value-based purchasing program. The data included a facility-level look at how the program is going. CMS also expressed concern during the Open Door forum that the rate of re-hospitalization had increased over the baseline year even with the financial incentive. Let’s take a closer look at the data,… Continue reading Value-Based Purchasing Data
Minor Changes to PDPM Calculator
We’ve made a couple of minor changes to the PDPM calculator. As CMS releases more information, we will continue to update the calculator to keep it as accurate as possible. For today’s update, we have two minor changes: Under some circumstances, it is possible that the PT/OT category will not be “Acute Neurologic” even though… Continue reading Minor Changes to PDPM Calculator
MACS, RACS, ZPICS…and now TPEs….Oh my!
Over the past few years, we have all, unfortunately, gotten used to many different audits. The latest one, CMS has engaged different MACs in doing the process of the TPE – Targeted Probe and Education. The premise of these audits is related to “The process is only used with those who have high denial rates… Continue reading MACS, RACS, ZPICS…and now TPEs….Oh my!