by Beth Reigart | Feb 13, 2019 | Clinical, Compliance, Featured, Regulatory
With the newly implemented enhancements (10/01/18) to the assessment-based quality measures (Section GG) , it is imperative to take time to time to reflect on our practice patterns. This new process will provide statistical analysis for CMS to determine the...
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...
by Gina Tomcsik | Nov 13, 2018 | Clinical, Compliance, Culture
Post-Acute Care is in a season of change. In the Skilled Nursing Facility, we are facing a lot of change in the next year.First, while we are all preparing for PDPM, we need to take some time to review the Final Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the...
by Beth Reigart | Nov 6, 2018 | Compliance, Culture, Regulatory, Uncategorized
Functional Pathways is excited to announce full electronic integration of RightTrack™ with Optima. RightTrack™ is Functional Pathways’ innovative, proprietary outcome software program. This live integration will allow for process standardization to improve the...
