On behalf of our friends at Texas Health and Human Services (HHS), we’d like to invite Texas providers to join us for this month’s PASRR Technical Assistance Call entitled, “What you need to know now 2019”. In this free webinar, Cathy Belliveau and Valerie Krueger from HHS will cover recent … Read More
PDPM countdown FAQ: Your questions answered from our recent webinar
On Tuesday, May. 21, 2019, SimpleLTC and Briggs Healthcare offered the biggest and most anticipated webinar to date: Countdown to Oct 1: PDPM coding tips for MDS and ICD-10. During the webinar, industry expert Mary Madison discussed how to prepare for PDPM and the newest version of the MDS 3.0 … Read More
PDPM: 2 important ways to avoid audits
Audits are a necessary evil in the Medicare world. CMS performs audits to prevent healthcare fraud and abuse. As a result, providers are subject to scrutiny and potentially negative financial consequences. Now that the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is almost upon us, it’s important to look at ways you can … Read More
CMS did it again! Here’s why your star rating just dropped…again
As we discussed in our recent Falling Stars blog post, CMS has adopted an aggressive approach in managing the Five-Star Quality Rating System. Their overall goal is to realign the star rating calculations and provide a more accurate overall rating system for SNFs. As our article mentioned, going forward CMS … Read More
CMS moves the goalposts for Staffing Five-Star ratings
Many facilities will lose a Staffing star due to CMS’ increased emphasis on RNs in Staffing Five-Star ratings In its March letter to State Survey Agency Directors and related updates to the Five-Star Users Guide, CMS announced a series of changes to Nursing Home Compare and Five-Star ratings, including: Changes to the … Read More