“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken important steps to build a new source for data on nursing home staffing and to use these data to better inform consumers and improve nursing home oversight. CMS provides the public with some of this staffing information on the Care … Read More
Quarterly PBJ Contest Winners
Every quarter, we provide a fun incentive for submitting your PBJ report early. If a SimplePBJ™ customer submitted their PBJ report to CMS before Feb. 5, they were automatically entered to win one of five $100 Target gift cards. Thanks to everyone who submitted in advance! The winners are… Facility: … Read More
Simple scheduled maintenance: Saturday, Feb. 27
On Saturday, Feb. 27, SimpleLTC data transmission and analytics software will be unavailable for 6-7 hours (from approximately 5:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Central Time) as we perform important infrastructure upgrades. Affected products include SimpleAnalyzer™ (MDS analytics and scrubbing), SimpleConnect™ (MDS and PBJ transmission) and SimpleCFS™ (Texas Medicaid forms and … Read More
To Get Ahead of PDPM Audits, Skilled Nursing Facilities Target Top Areas of Payment Focus
When the overhaul of Medicare Part A reimbursement for nursing homes took effect in October 2019, predictions of audits and the potential for drastic changes came close on its heels. After all, the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) was meant to be revenue-neutral, meaning that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid … Read More
Voices: Marc Zimmet, Chief Executive Officer, Z-CORE Analytics
You are the CEO of Z-CORE Analytics, and you’ve had a long career beyond this. What are the origins of your work with Z-CORE? I’ve been in the skilled nursing space for almost 30 years, all with a concentration on reimbursement-compliance. When I started my career, Medicare payment was driven … Read More