by Brittany Austin | Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | Events
April is a BUSY month!! Lots to celebrate – Occupational Therapy Month, Earth Day, and National Walking Day, just to name a few. Information about OT Month was covered earlier, so let’s look at Earth Day and Walking Day and explore ways to honor and celebrate both all...
by Beth Reigart | Thursday, April 1, 2021 | Events, Featured
As we begin celebrating Occupational Therapy month this April, we have an opportunity to reflect on the past year. A worldwide pandemic filled our professional and personal lives with unprecedented chaos, fear, and loss. Even through this challenging time...
by Lisa Chadwick | Monday, June 17, 2019 | Culture, Events, Wellness
Phase 3 of the implementation schedule for the Mega Rule go into effect in November of this year. Phase 2 and 3 require facilities to demonstrate staff competencies and skill sets based on resident population, as well as providing training to remediate identified...
by Lisa Chadwick | Tuesday, June 11, 2019 | Culture, Events, Wellness
The shoulder is a complex body part that consists of 3 bones, 3 joints, bursa, cartilage, numerous ligaments, tendons, and muscles. In the United States in 2015 there were over 100,000 workplace injuries involving the shoulder. Over 66% of those injuries were a...
by Gina Elkins | Monday, June 3, 2019 | Events, Featured, PDPM
Beginning October 1, 2019 providers will need to begin coding a new set of Health Insurance Prospective Payment System (HIPPS) codes in Section Z0100A of the MDS as well as on the Part A claim. This coding of HIPPS codes will identify the resident’s SNF PDPM...
by Gina Elkins | Monday, May 6, 2019 | Events, Featured, PDPM
PDPM! I am sure you have heard about this new payment system by now, right? As you prepare and position yourself for this major change, we have to not only understand all of the moving parts, but more importantly, how all of those moving parts affect resident...