Briggs Healthcare acquires ezPBJ to expand growing SNF compliance portfolio

Posted in PRESS RELEASES

Software acquisition simplifies PBJ compliance for skilled nursing providers and expands Briggs’ post-acute digital offerings WEST DES MOINES, IOWA, Aug. 1, 2018 – Today Briggs Healthcare announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ezPBJ. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Briggs, ezPBJ will continue to expand its software solutions for Payroll-Based Journal…… Continue reading Briggs Healthcare acquires ezPBJ to expand growing SNF compliance portfolio

CMS Posts FY 2019 SNF PPS Final Rule

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® Just a few minutes ago, CMS posted 3 final rules, including that for SNF PPS. “The Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) PPS final rule incorporates the agency’s Patients Over Paperwork initiative through avenues that reduce unnecessary burden on providers by easing documentation requirements and offering more…… Continue reading CMS Posts FY 2019 SNF PPS Final Rule

Updated Nursing Home Compare Claims-Based Quality Measure Technical Specifications

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® Curious as to what constitutes the technical specs for the claims-based Quality Measures on Nursing Home Compare – your Five-Star rating? Are there covariates or risk adjustments? What data is used for my facility’s rating on NHC? Is any MDS data used for these claims-based…… Continue reading Updated Nursing Home Compare Claims-Based Quality Measure Technical Specifications

Updated LTCSP Procedure Guide – Effective August 5, 2018

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® CMS has just posted an updated Long Term Care Survey Process Procedure Guide that carries an effective date of August 5, 2018. This guide is 2 pages longer, overall than the document we’re currently referencing with an effective date of May 6, 2018. It should…… Continue reading Updated LTCSP Procedure Guide – Effective August 5, 2018

[Webinar Handouts] F838 – Facility Assessment: What You Need to Know

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Thanks for attending TF838 – Facility Assessment: What You Need to Know with our Clinical Consultant, Mary Madison! Please click below to download webinar handouts from this presentation. F838_Facility Assessment_Appendix PP_R173SOMA_22 November 2017 F838-Facility Assessment_Do You Know What You Need to Know_Briggs Healthcare_Mary Madison_26 July 2018  

Durable Medical Equipment and Disasters

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® Have you ever considered how you’ll manage medical equipment that relies on electricity before there’s a disaster or an emergency situation and there’s no electricity? This ASPR TRACIE Fact Sheet provides “information on general durable medical equipment (DME) categories and focuses on electricity-dependent DME that…… Continue reading Durable Medical Equipment and Disasters

Requirement to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems Revised July 2018

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare® CMS released an updated Survey & Certification notice – now identified as QSO-17-30- Hospitals/CAHs/NHs  – on Friday, July 6, 2018.  The subject of this QSO is: Requirement to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems to Prevent Cases and Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD).…… Continue reading Requirement to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems Revised July 2018