The new MDS focused survey and staffing survey are here…are you ready? Last year, CMS piloted a focused survey in five states to assess MDS 3.0 coding accuracy and their relationship to resident care. In 2015, CMS will expand these surveys nationwide, as well as expand them to assess nursing … Read More
Texas HHSC answers your STAR+PLUS managed care questions
Texas Medicaid managed care is coming Mar. 1… read this FAQ to prepare As a service to Texas long-term care providers, SimpleLTC and Texas Medicaid Coalition offered a free webinar on Dec. 11 entitled, “Preparing for Texas Star+Plus Medicaid Managed Care”. (Watch it on-demand here.) Nearly 1,000 attendees participated and … Read More
Ditch the paper to simplify end-of-life documentation
The march toward electronic health records (EHRs) and the digitizing of our health information can’t be stopped. The question is how efficiently we can reach the ultimate EHR destination — and whether anyone knows exactly what that destination looks like anyway. One clear example of the murkiness surrounding long-term care … Read More
DADS announces Managed Care webinars for Texas providers
Time is running out to prepare for the Mar. 1, 2015 transition to Managed Care in Texas. Your facility should be preparing now for this major shift in the long-term care reimbursement landscape. To help Texas providers get ready for the changes, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services … Read More
3 ways to prepare now for Texas STAR+PLUS Managed Care
A couple of things have become very apparent over the last few weeks in Texas Medicaid: The Mar. 1 implementation of Texas STAR+PLUS Managed Care is looming scarily on the horizon. Many Texas providers are not yet ready for this significant shift in the reimbursement landscape. This was very clear … Read More