Increase your knowledge and understanding, and gain the expertise your agency needs to survive in this comprehensive two-day intermediate coding course specific for home care coders. Increase your understanding of the regulatory aspects and ethics of diagnosis coding and utilize lots of examples to increase your skills, proficiency, speed and accuracy in choosing the appropriate…… Continue reading [Live Training] Increase your knowledge of ICD-10, sign up today for Intermediate Coding with Lisa Selman-Holman!
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CMS SNF/LTC Open Door Forum – August 8, 2019
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for: Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019 Start Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET); Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. Conference Leaders: Todd Smith &…… Continue reading CMS SNF/LTC Open Door Forum – August 8, 2019
ICD-10 Class: Diagnosis Coding in a PDPM World
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Are you ready for the switch to PDPM? Join us in Denton, TX on Aug 13-14 to learn how to maximize your diagnosis coding practices for PDPM. In this in-depth two-day training event, you’ll increase your knowledge of the regulatory aspects and ethics of diagnosis coding…… Continue reading ICD-10 Class: Diagnosis Coding in a PDPM World
CMS has issued a final rule governing Hospice payment for FY2020.
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare SUMMARY: This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for fiscal year 2020. This rule also rebases the continuous home care, general inpatient care, and the inpatient respite care per diem payment rates in a budget-neutral manner to more accurately align Medicare…… Continue reading CMS has issued a final rule governing Hospice payment for FY2020.
FY 2020 SNF PPS Final Rule Released
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late yesterday, July 30, 2019, CMS issued FY2020 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule – CMS-1718-F. This SNF PPS Final Rule will take effect on October 1, 2019. The Final Rule includes updates to the payment rates used under the SNF…… Continue reading FY 2020 SNF PPS Final Rule Released
If your agency provides Hospice services, you might be interested in this announcement by CMS.
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Recruitment Announcement – Focus Groups for Hospice Patient Assessment Instrument CMS is currently recruiting experienced hospice providers and clinicians to participate in focus groups to discuss and provide input as we develop a hospice patient assessment tool. All interested participants will be considered based on their…… Continue reading If your agency provides Hospice services, you might be interested in this announcement by CMS.
Start educating your staff now on the OASIS-D1 Updates Effective January 1, 2020
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Beginning January 1, 2020, changes to the OASIS data set and data collection guidance take effect, based on proposals finalized in the Calendar Year (CY) 2019 Home Health (HH) Final Rule, CMS 1689-FC. Changes include addition of two existing items to the Follow-Up assessment instrument (with…… Continue reading Start educating your staff now on the OASIS-D1 Updates Effective January 1, 2020
Understanding Your SNF VBP Program Performance Score Report Call
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Here’s a great opportunity to learn more about the SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program: Description During this call, learn about your Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program Performance Score Report. CMS experts present a high-level summary of the program and highlight the payment…… Continue reading Understanding Your SNF VBP Program Performance Score Report Call
Resource Guide for Using Diagnosis Codes in Health Insurance Claims to Help Identify Unreported Abuse or Neglect
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has posted a guide that “explains our approach to using claims data to identify incidents of potential abuse or neglect of vulnerable populations. The guide synthesized the methodologies that OIG developed in our extensive work on identifying unreported critical…… Continue reading Resource Guide for Using Diagnosis Codes in Health Insurance Claims to Help Identify Unreported Abuse or Neglect
Providers beware, don’t let your claims be rejected!
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare TRANSITION TO NEW MEDICARE NUMBERS AND CARDS ICN 909365 December 2018 Why is CMS issuing new Medicare cards and new Medicare numbers? The law requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to remove Social Security Numbers (SSNs) from all Medicare cards by April 2019.…… Continue reading Providers beware, don’t let your claims be rejected!
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