Tag: nursing homes
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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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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.
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MDS Draft RAI just released now the work can begin:
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/MDS30RAIManual If you as a MDS coordinator or anyone in your facility needs help in educating your staff please reach out to Skilled Nursing Support Maria.messina@skillednursingsupport.com Call for a discovery call of what I may be able to help you with. 1-617-429-9903
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Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 2023
Do you understand the SNF quality reporting system? Please review answers to questions on link below. https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-initiatives-patient-assessment-instruments/nursinghomequalityinits/skilled-nursing-facility-quality-reporting-program/snf-quality-reporting-program-faqs- See actual questions here: FY2023-SNF-QRP-FAQs (PDF)
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“AG Campbell Issues Advisory on Maximum Rates for Temporary Staffing in Nursing Homes”
To Ensure Continued Affordability in Long-Term Care Facilities, AG Advises Temporary Nursing Agencies on Rate Limits https://www.mass.gov/news/ag-campbell-issues-advisory-on-maximum-rates-for-temporary-staffing-in-nursing-homes This is refreshing to learn that Temporary Nursing Agencies are being advised to follow rate limits. Hopefully this will help Nursing Homes to be able to retain staff without the worry of them leaving to become travel nurses…
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Do you know when your residents get a SNF ABN Notice?
This is one of the notices that may get missed being delivered. Please see https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-General-Information/BNI/FFS-SNF-ABN- Per cms this notice should be delivered as below Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) must issue a notice to Original Medicare (fee for service – FFS) beneficiaries in order to transfer potential financial liability before the SNF provides:
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Does your parent rely on Medicare for their primary health insurance? You will want to read this.
If your parent has Medicare as their primary health insurance please review the 3 day rule to avoid high costs of short term rehab placement. Today when someone goes to a hospital they usually begin their journey in the Emergency Room. Often they sit there for several hours and may be hooked up to an…
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Do you need help finding a nursing home for your loved one?
I often get calls from friends and family members asking me how they can find a good nursing home for a loved one in need. This is not an easy process due to the emotions that having to place a loved one in a nursing home brings up for them. They usually reach out to…
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I thought I share who I really am with my new connections on this social platform.
This is me when I pivoted from a staff nurse from MGH to Courtyard Nursing Care Center in 1992. I was 28 years old here and pregnant with my second child. It was owned by ADS back then. I have experienced so much in the years from then to now but the relationship that has…