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The One Thing You Can Count on in Healthcare is CHANGE
In less than two short weeks the Post Acute Care world will see the biggest change in reimbursement in over 20 years. PDPM here we come. How daunting is this, most of your employees have never practiced outside of the RUG world. But remember, the healthcare...
What is Your PDPM Transition Strategy?
Well my friends, it is time to seriously review your Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) transition strategy. October 1st is just around the corner. Over the past nine months, at Functional Pathways, we have had a robust educational campaign to prepare and position...
Embracing Change: Our New Work Environment
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. Howard Phillips Lovecraft As we approach the implementation of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) on October 1, 2019, most of us are...
Monthly Exercise: The Power of Art
Art is defined as having various branches of creativity, through painting, music, literature, dance and crafts. Just about everything can be viewed as art. Certain activities are recognized as an art, even if it does not involve painting or creating something...
Interim Payment Assessment
There are situations when a Skilled Nursing provider may complete an assessment after the 5-day assessment. This assessment is an unscheduled assessment and when deemed appropriate by the provider, may be completed to capture changes in the resident’s status and...
Final Rule FY 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly posted the pre-published fiscal year (FY) 2020 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) Final Rule. The rule includes updates to the Medicare Part A unadjusted federal per-diem...
Hide the Cones and Pegs
As we move closer to the new world of PDPM, it is very important that our occupational therapy teams continue focus on functional intervention during their treatment session. This is a great article from the American Occupational Therapy Association which could...
Exercise of the Month: Glute Contractions
Goal: To engage and retrain the gluteus maximus muscles. Also known as buttock muscle Benefits: Considered the largest muscle group in the body, along with being one of the strongest. Todays’ culture has led to more sedentary life style of sitting and lack...
