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How to Choose (and Be) a Good Strategic Partner

Posted on: August 29, 2019

Recent CMS initiatives have created an interesting dynamic in the post-acute care industry:  Providers across the care continuum are being incentivized to form strategic partnerships and hold each other accountable for delivering efficient, enhanced patient care. 

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Tags: CMS, senior living, Home Health, Skilled Therapy, Patient-Driven Payment Model, PDPM

Will You Sink or Swim in PDGM? Care Pathways to Success

Posted on: August 28, 2019

Is your current therapy company or in-house therapy team equipped to help you prepare, execute and succeed under PDGM?

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Tags: Home Health, PDGM, CMS Update 2019

Considering In-House Therapy? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Posted on: August 15, 2019

As one of the first therapy companies to specialize in management services for in-house therapy programs, HealthPRO Heritage was founded 20+ years ago and has since evolved into one of the most prominent, privately-owned therapy AND consulting firms in the country. This article offers SNF providers the benefit of our years’ experience and insight into how PDPM will certainly pressure-test delivery of rehab services – especially for in-house therapy programs.

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Tags: Skilled Therapy, Patient-Driven Payment Model, PDPM, CMS Update 2019

Intake Isn't Just Intake: Important Steps in PDGM Referral Processing

Posted on: August 13, 2019

Five, ten, and fifteen years ago, the intake department was just that: Intake. Taking in the information given to them from a referral source and performing the necessary data entry. As we prepare for the new world of PDGM, the Intake Department will be an integral part of the team.

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Tags: Home Health, PDGM

No Shortcuts: Process ReDesign for PDPM is a Must!

Posted on: August 8, 2019

The industry agrees:  With the roll out of such a complex new system like PDPM…there are several risks and so much at stake.  As such, here’s a question worth asking:

Does your facility have a proactive PDPM compliance, or verification process in place? If yes…good by you! But even a solid, well-functioning version of today’s process MUST be retooled in preparation for PDPM & Beyond!

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Tags: skilled nursing facility, Compliance, PDPM, QAC

The Only Constant is Change...and Documentation

Posted on: August 7, 2019

The Home Health industry continues to evolve: the updated Conditions of Participation (CoPs) in 2018, then OASIS-D and the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) in 2019, and now the Patient-Driven Groupings Model scheduled for 2020, just to name a few!  Change can be exhausting, so it is comforting to know that some things aren’t changing...like documentation!

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Tags: Home Health, PDGM, CMS Update 2019, Documentation