by Gina Elkins | Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | Compliance
Each year The MedPAC (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission) assesses the adequacy of fee for service Medicare payments by reviewing indicators in four categories of payment adequacy: patient’s access to care, the quality of that care, providers’ access to capital, and...
by Gina Elkins | Thursday, November 4, 2021 | Compliance
We are grateful that The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) granted several waivers and flexibilities for telehealth during the pandemic. Even though it was a struggle for therapy providers and advocacy groups to obtain approval for Physical Therapists,...
by Gina Elkins | Monday, September 13, 2021 | Compliance
They’re ba-ack! Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) audits. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) resumed the TPE audits in August, just a short time ago. Why? Because they have a goal to help us quickly improve the accuracy of our claims. The Medicare...
by Gina Elkins | Wednesday, July 28, 2021 | Compliance
Parity means the state of being equal. We all want to be in a state of equality, right? Supporting parity is important in many aspects of our lives and recently in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Fiscal Year (FY) Proposed Rule for 2022, The Centers for Medicare and...
by Gina Elkins | Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | Compliance, Featured
It is that time of year again when The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes their Proposed Rule for the upcoming year. Comments this year are due no later than June 7th. The Proposed Rule will become final later this year with an effective date...
by Gina Elkins | Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | Compliance
We are barely out of the woods with the amount of national COVID-19 related deaths in the United States. We continue to work diligently to vaccinate residents and staff in our communities. Then, BAM! We are hit with an ADR (Additional Development Request) of twenty...
