Dec 10, 2020Urgent Advocacy Needed to #FighttheCutDecember 10th, Senator Boozman (R-AR) introduced S.5007 the companion bill to H.R. 8702 – Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts...
Dec 4, 2020CMS 12/4 Memorandum-Updates to Nursing Home Compare & 5 Star Resumption of Data Collection/ReportingCMS has published Updates to the Nursing Home Compare Website and Five Star Quality Rating System (12/4/2020 Ref: QSO21-06-NH), resuming...
Sep 10, 2020Backing Up Section GG for PDPM - A Medical Review PerspectiveFrom QRM’s office of Medical Review Author: Ashley Duggan, OTR, RAC-CT, Vice President of Medical Review and Clinical Compliance With...
Jul 9, 2020QRP Non-Compliance Reports Available Now - Potential Impact to 2021 Annual Payment Update (APU)Amidst the COVID dominance in our lives, July 13, 2020, non-compliance notifications were placed into SNF’s CASPER folders in QIES based...
Apr 28, 2020Questions to Ask Prior to Skilling in Place, Without a 3-Day Qualifying Hospital StayAs we move forward utilizing waivers in our efforts to contain the spread of COVID and preserve acute care capacity, we realize our...
Apr 10, 2020COVID-19 Dx Code Effective 4/1/2020CDC has announced a new COVID-19 Dx Code: U07.1 Acute Respiratory Disease. This will fall into the Pulmonary PDPM Category (see attached...
Feb 29, 2020Outcomes Matter! Representing True Baseline and DC – determining the future of PDPM changes and moreMark Parkinson, President of AHCA recently shared that from all indications, it is too soon for CMS to determine the impact of PDPM in...
Nov 1, 2019Meeting Skilled Requirements Re-VisitedSome things have drastically changed in our Medicare world while others just need a little dusting off. One of the topics we are...
Jul 30, 2019Special Edition - CMS released the preliminary PDPM final rule on Medicare’s birthday, July 30th54 years ago President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law. The final rule will be published in the Federal Register on August...