Say goodbye to RUGs-IV and say hello to PDPM. The much-anticipated RCS-1 system is no longer on the horizon. Instead, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) in the FY 2019 SNF PPS Proposed Rule. The PDPM payment model for PPS SNF patients is proposed … Read More
ezPBJ launches free Essentials account for PBJ benchmarking
ezPBJ provides free benchmarking of payroll-based journal data for skilled nursing facilities ezPBJ has released a free PBJ analytics tool to help skilled nursing facilities benchmark and monitor their payroll-based journal reporting. ezPBJ Essentials lets facilities review their CMS public use PBJ data and illustrates staffing trends across the key … Read More
ezPBJ provides free benchmarking of PBJ data for all SNFs
Announcing a free PBJ analytics tool for skilled nursing facilities ezPBJ Essentials (sign up here) lets facilities review their CMS public use PBJ data and illustrates staffing trends across the key five-star staffing ratings published on Nursing Home Compare. In addition, facilities can profile and compare themselves to nearby competitors … Read More
Important: Upcoming Texas HHSC systems outage, July 3-8
Attention Texas Providers: Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has announced a planned system outage, July 3-8, 2018. From 6:00pm on Tuesday, July 3, until 7:00am on Monday, July 9, all HHSC applications related to Texas LTC providers and processing will be unavailable as HHSC updates various hardware and software systems. … Read More