by Lisa Chadwick | May 31, 2019 | Clinical, Compliance, Culture
I recently listened to a podcast discussing the importance of the patient experience. It was an enlightening discussion about collaboration across the healthcare continuum focusing on how to improve the health of our citizens. The United States healthcare delivery...
by Melissa Ward | May 3, 2019 | Clinical, Compliance, Events, PDPM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly posted the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) Proposed Rule. The rule updates Medicare Part A per-diem payment rates as well as proposing other key policy...
by Beth Reigart | Mar 26, 2019 | Clinical, Compliance, Regulatory
The Skilled Nursing Facilities Readmission Measure (SNFRM) is the quality measure used to evaluate skilled nursing facility performance in the CMS Value-Based Purchasing program (VBP). A facility’s performance is linked to value-based financial incentives and...
by Lisa Chadwick | Jan 11, 2019 | Clinical, Compliance, Human Resources, Wellness
Wikipedia says: Safety culture includes the attitude, beliefs, perceptions and values that employees share in relation to safety in the workplace. Safety culture is a part of organizational culture and has been described by the phrase “the way we do things...
by Gina Tomcsik | Jan 8, 2019 | Clinical, Compliance, Regulatory
I was driving this past weekend near the lake in my home town and the car in front of me swerved and went left of center because a bird literally flew in to the windshield. Fortunately, there were no other cars traveling in the opposite direction and the driver was...
by Gina Tomcsik | Dec 7, 2018 | Clinical, Compliance, Regulatory
On December 6, 2018, Deputy Administrator and Director for CMS issued a CMCS Informational Bulletin informing Case-Mix states of two changes that may impact their payments for Medicaid patients in the nursing home setting.Effective October 1, 2019, PDPM will replace...
