Thank You – OTs and COTAs!
This month, HealthPRO® Rehabilitation celebrates what you do to help individuals live life to its fullest. Our customers, their residents, and your company appreciate what you do every day.
“Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants help people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations).” -- American Occupational Therapy Association
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Late last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) negotiated a proposal to repeal and permanently replace the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, which is used to calculate Medicare’s physician and Part B provider reimbursements.
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We were graced with a postponement of the implementation of ICD-10 from October 1, 2014to October 1, 2015. October is a long ways away, right? There’s no need to start talking about this now, is there? YES!
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We were graced with a postponement of the implementation of ICD-10 from October 1, 2014 to October 1, 2015. October is a long ways away, right? There’s no need to start talking about this now, is there? YES!
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On or around April 20, 2015 CMS contractor TMF Health Quality Institute will release the third annual Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) for SNFs—a resource characterized by both its unrivaled offering of free, comparative billing data and mediocre utilization by nursing home providers.
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Throughout the month, HealthPRO® Rehabilitation recognizes those affected with this debilitating and devastating disease and those that care for them.
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Alzheimer’s Disease,
Caregiver Month,
Dementia
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has big plans for an overhaul of the five-star nursing home rating system, thanks to the passage of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act, which President Obama signed into law today.
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