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Words “ A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words…the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt.”
– MARK TWAIN I began to think about how much our words can affect our relationships as I was auditing charts at work and sending out communication re: findings to my colleagues. I sat there completing my audit and trying to make sure that I was being clear in my intentions. I tried to picture…
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Are you worried that you aren’t aware of what you should be monitoring as a nursing home family member? The Consumer voice group provides education as they have first hand knowledge of resident’s concerns.
Staffing Patterns in nursing homes have been scrutinized more since many are facing challenges in retaining staff or recruiting staff to join their team. I am very pleased that some organizations are putting the resident’s needs first and closing to admissions on days that the staffing pattern warrents it. There is so much consumer education…
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Do you need help ensuring your loved one has a one on one socialization visit when you are not able to provide it yourself?
There may be many reasons why you are unable to visit your loved one: What will be provided during the visit:
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Nursing Home Leaders Informative 3 year statistical review provided by Marcum LLC
https://info.marcumllp.com/hubfs/pdf/marcum-three-year-nursing-home-statistical-analysis-2019-2021.pdf?hsLang=en There have been so many changes since 2019 and skilled nursing facilities are continuing to Pivot to meet the needs of the aging population. I continue to read in the news how nursing homes are either closing or changing owners and wonder what the affect will be for the aging population. I am curious…
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Just Released The White House “Announces Most Sweeping Set of Executive Actions to Improve Care in History”
See fact sheet: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/18/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-most-sweeping-set-of-executive-actions-to-improve-care-in-history/ President Biden to “build on the minimum staffing standards for nursing homes and condition a portion of Medicare payments on how well a nursing home retains workers.”
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Informative video posted by CMS Upload an Assessment for MDS Users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEU9MeBOKNk&t=269s
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MMQ Nurses MassHealth has scheduled a Nursing Facility MDS Training. Sign up for educational link posted on Mass Senior Care
https://www.maseniorcare.org/member-resources/e-news-updates/masshealth-transition-patient-driven-payment-model-pdpm-masshealth April 14, 2023 Mass Senior Care has long supported and advocated for the conversion of the Medicaid MMQ payment system to the Federal MDS acuity system thereby eliminating the administrative burden of operating 2 acuity systems and to better capture the cost of resident care, which will become effective on October 1, 2023. MassHealth…
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Do you know what a Pepper report is for Skilled Nursing Facilities? Administrators have you accessed yours?
please visit link re: pepper reports .https://pepper.cbrpepper.org/Training-Resources/Skilled-Nursing-Facilities/PEPPER-Portal-Retrieval-Map Per map for Massachusetts this is what was retrieved thus far. Massachusetts Provider Type: SNFRelease: Q4FY22Available: 356Downloaded: 25Downloaded Percent: 7%National Download Rate: 13% Administrators what are you waiting for? Surveyors may ask you if you are aware of your pepper report results. Are you a new administrator and…
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Attention Administrators: Is your facility billing for Nursing facility rate-add- ons that have been in effect since 10-1-22?
See link below to check out additional revenue available if someone is monitoring and capturing opportunities. https://www.mass.gov/doc/nursing-facility-rate-add-ons-billing-guidance-effective-1012022-0/download Please reach out if you need help in identifying how to monitor.