Medicare & Medicaid Skilled Nursing Blog (15)

April 26, 2018

Quality Measure: The Ability to Move Independently Worsened

Posted by The Harmony Team

C.A.R.E.

Compliance • Audits/Analysis • Reimbursement/Regulatory • Education/Efficiency

We continuously hear the story told by Kris Mastrangelo about her experience at the Boston MS clinic years ago when she was convinced she had Multiple...

April 24, 2018

SNF Value-Based Purchasing: Hospital Readmissions 2% Reduction or a 1% Increase

Kris Mastrangelo, OTR/L, LNHA, MBA

Posted by Kris Mastrangelo, OTR/L, LNHA, MBA

C.A.R.E.

Compliance • Audits/Analysis • Reimbursement/Regulatory • Education/Efficiency

Effective October 1, 2018 (Fiscal Year 2019) Skilled Nursing Facilities across the country will be subject to the first metric of Value Bases Purchasing, ...

April 19, 2018

Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Data Collection: Top 10 Things You Need to Know

Kris Mastrangelo, OTR/L, LNHA, MBA

Posted by Kris Mastrangelo, OTR/L, LNHA, MBA

C.A.R.E.

Compliance • Audits/Analysis • Reimbursement/Regulatory • Education/Efficiency

Payroll-Based Journaling goes live next week (4.23.18) on the Nursing Home Compare Five Star!

Staffing Information Collected for Quality InterpretationThe...

April 17, 2018

Requirements for Requirements of Participation (RoP) Overview Phase I, Phase II and Phase III

April 12, 2018

AHCA Provider Lounge Series: Active Residents Equal Happy Residents

April 10, 2018

SNF PEPPER Report - April 2018 Release

April 5, 2018

AHCA Provider Lounge Series: SNF Staffing Amid Regulatory Challenges

April 3, 2018

AHCA Provider Lounge Series: Providing for a Sicker, Better-Informed Resident Base

March 30, 2018

Medicare Part A Required SNF PPS Assessments: Back to Basics (Part 3 of 3)

March 27, 2018

Medicare Part A Required SNF PPS Assessments: Back to Basics (Part 2 of 3)

March 22, 2018

Medicare Part A Required SNF PPS Assessments: Back to Basics (Part 1 of 3)

March 20, 2018

RCS-1 Modes of Therapy: MDS Guidelines (Section O)

March 15, 2018

Person-Centered Therapy Services

March 13, 2018

VA Hospital: 3-Night Qualifying Medicare Stay

March 8, 2018

Positioning Devices, Self-Releasing Devices and Restraints