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
Have You Accessed Your PEPPER Report?
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Yesterday, July 24th, I spotted an email from the PEPPER team in my inbox asking this very question. I receive frequent emails from PEPPER, depending on the time of year and the post-acute entity involved in the specific PEPPER message so yesterday’s email wasn’t a…… Continue reading Have You Accessed Your PEPPER Report?
Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Yesterday, July 23, 2019, CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) posted interim guidance that “should be implemented in the context of a comprehensive infection prevention program to prevent transmission of all infectious agents among patients, HCP, and visitors.” Healthcare settings refers to “places where…… Continue reading Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings
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!
Dementia Care: Supporting Comfort and Resident Preferences Call
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS, through MLN, is conducting a 90-minute national call on September 10, 2019 for nursing home providers, surveyors, prescribers, professional associations and other interested stakeholders with “insight on approaches to care for residents living with dementia that focus on resident preferences, maintaining comfort, and assisting…… Continue reading Dementia Care: Supporting Comfort and Resident Preferences Call
BREAKING NEWS: CMS Proposed and Final Rules Announced for LTC
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Yesterday, July 16, 2019, CMS provided notification of 2 rules that will impact LTC facilities: one final and one proposed. Let’s look at the proposed rule first – CMS-3347-P: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Efficiency, and Transparency.…… Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: CMS Proposed and Final Rules Announced for LTC
NAHC remains very concerned over significant “behavioral adjustment” in the proposed home health rule issued on July 11, 2019. See statement below from NAHC’s President William A. Dombi.
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare “Statement of NAHC President William A. Dombi Regarding the Medicare Home Health Proposed Rule Issued Today” July 11, 2019 CMS late today issued the proposed rule for the 2020 payment model, PDGM, including rates of payment that would start January 1, 2020. The new payment…… Continue reading NAHC remains very concerned over significant “behavioral adjustment” in the proposed home health rule issued on July 11, 2019. See statement below from NAHC’s President William A. Dombi.
“Trump Administration Announces Steps to Strengthen Medicare with New Home Infusion Therapy Benefit and New Regulations that Put Patients Over Paperwork” What might this mean for home health agencies in the future?
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed significant changes to the Home Health Prospective Payment System (Home Health PPS) that keep the unique needs of patients first, with proposals to implement a new home infusion benefit for beneficiaries, increasing home-based care. This proposed…… Continue reading “Trump Administration Announces Steps to Strengthen Medicare with New Home Infusion Therapy Benefit and New Regulations that Put Patients Over Paperwork” What might this mean for home health agencies in the future?
“HHS To Transform Care Delivery for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease” What might this mean for home care in the future?
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare This article, published below by CMS refers to home dialysis six times and payment adjustments aim at transforming kidney care so that patients with chronic kidney disease have access to high quality, coordinated care. This is an initiative worth watching. Today, delivering on President Trump’s Advancing…… Continue reading “HHS To Transform Care Delivery for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease” What might this mean for home care in the future?
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