Accurate OASIS coding has always been important, but with PDGM on the horizon, our ability to master the OASIS will be imperative! After all, accurate OASIS coding will directly impact an agency’s ability to achieve optimal outcomes and support reimbursement in today’s and tomorrow’s world.
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Ticket to Ride: OASIS Will Drive Success Under PDGM
Posted on: April 30, 2019
Tags: Home Health, PDGM, CMS Update 2019, OASIS
SNF Proposed Payment Updates
Posted on: April 25, 2019
Today, CMS published the FY 2020 Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed Payment System (SNF PPS) in the federal register. It contains the SNF PPS payment update is 2.5% for FY 2020, which is an increase in payments of $887 million, compared to FY 2019. This estimated increase is attributable to a 3.0 percent market basket increase factor with a 0.5 percentage point reduction for multi-factor productivity adjustment.
Read MoreGet Ready for PDGM
Posted on: April 25, 2019
Implementation of the new case-mix classification model, the Patient Driven Grouping Model (PDGM), on January 1, 2020 will bring BIG changes to the home health profession! HealthPRO Heritage at Home is ready to help you start preparing TODAY for the most dramatic Medicare reimbursement change since PPS.
Read MoreTags: Home Health, PDGM, CMS Update 2019, Revenue, OASIS
Update from CMS Regarding Group/Concurrent Under PDPM • April 19, 2019
Posted on: April 20, 2019
Late Friday afternoon, April 19, CMS released the FY 2020 SNF PPS Proposed Rule, specifying a few changes for the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM). HealthPRO Heritage is looking forward to reporting out on all the modifications, but can’t wait to share the following good news…
Read MoreTags: Payment Reform, Patient-Driven Payment Model, PDPM, CMS Update 2019
QRP and QMs are Changing with the Times. Are You?
Posted on: April 18, 2019
As of April, CMS has implemented important modifications for the Quality Reporting Program (QRP) and Quality Measures (QMs) that may have significant fiscal, clinical, and compliance implications as well. Not only will these changes enable CMS to better monitor SNF outcomes, the modifications raise the bar on performance measures and will challenge SNFs to drive care differently.
What should SNFs know? HealthPRO Heritage offers guidance.
Read MoreRevenue Cycle Matters Under PDGM
Posted on: April 15, 2019
PDGM implementation is a mere 38 weeks away, bringing significant changes in episode length (60 to 30 days), resultant billing processes, revenue cycle, and ultimately, cash flow. While certification periods will continue to be 60 days in duration, reimbursement will be broken into 30-day payment periods. As such, billing will have to be processed for each 30-day payment period including Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs) and final claims. This will likely result in a substantial increase in claims volume in addition to an interruption in cash flow. Specifically, agencies will experience a cash flow “crunch” during the first few months of implementation as the conversion from 60-day to 30-day payments is realized with a leveling off after the initial impact and conversion.
Read MoreTags: Home Health, PDGM, Revenue, Episode Length of Stay
Group Therapy Under PDPM: Strength in Numbers
Posted on: April 11, 2019
Think about a task you routinely complete: yardwork, cooking a meal, or a project at work. Now imagine asking a friend or co-worker to pick up a rake or join you in the kitchen. Your results: being able to complete the same tasks with improved efficiency and even better outcomes.
Apply this thought-process to providing world-class rehab services for the patients in your care. Research supports: There’s strength in numbers!
The post-acute world is looking forward to new rules. Learn more about best practices and potential pitfalls RE: Group Therapy Under PDPM.
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Tags: Patient-Driven Payment Model, PDPM
Facts about Occupational Therapy
Posted on: April 2, 2019
April is OT Month... Here are some interesting facts.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calls occupational therapy one of today's fastest growing careers, pointing to growing numbers of older adults and young children who need occupational therapy services.
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Tags: Occupational Therapist, #OTMonth, occupational therapy
Give a Little to Get a Lot: Nursing, PDPM, and Documentation ReDesign
Posted on: April 1, 2019
CEOs, NHAs, and DONs take note! With the new PDPM paradigm, you’ll be asking your nurses to:
- Continue to drive quality measures, star ratings, survey results, satisfaction scores, etc.
- Care for higher acuity patients; and
- Adopt very different documentation practices.
All of these requisites are vitally important to your facility’s success under PDPM. But perhaps the most challenging change for Nursing teams (who really just want to be patient caretakers, right?) will be #3 on this list.
Read MoreTags: CMS, CMS policy, Payment Reform, Patient-Driven Payment Model, PDPM, CMS Update 2019