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Home Health CMS clarifies types of providers impacted by provisional period of enhanced oversight | CMS has re-released an MLN Matter article to confirm the decision to suppress payments associated with requests for anticipated payment (RAPs) for new agencies also impacts existing agencies that have undergone a change of ownership. MLN Matters article SE19005 was originally released Feb. 15 and provided information about CMS’ placement of new agencies into a … |
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Skilled Nursing Facility OIG releases nursing home complaint trends | The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an interactive map detailing nursing home complaint trends between 2016 and 2018. The map breaks down the amount of complaints per 1000 residents in each state. Of the 50 states, and Washington D.C, nine states had more than 60 serious complains per thousand residents. The report found … |
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Sponsored Article Post-Acute Wound Management and Patient-Derived Reimbursement Models | By: Roger B. Schechter, MD, Fellow of American College of Wound Specialists; Chief Medical Officer, Synergy Wound Technology Wound care has always been a considerable challenge in the post-acute setting. Patients with skin breakdown usually have a plethora of chronic comorbid conditions. Chronic wounds themselves, including pressure injuries, diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers, severe … |
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Home Health Quarterly OASIS Q&As offer additional guidance on responding to GG items | CMS in its latest quarterly OASIS Q&As provided agencies with additional guidance about how to respond to GG items capturing information on prior device use, self-care and mobility. Questions 28 through 36 of the October 2019 Q&As deal with these items, which were added to the OASIS this year. In Question 35, one agency asked … |
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PPS Alert for Long-Term Care What PDPM means for coding in SNFs For the first time since ICD-10 coding implementation in October 2015, the application of it in SNFs is changing with the induction of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM). | |
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