Category: Skilled Nursing Facility

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News, Skilled Nursing Facility

2019 Revenue Integrity Symposium call for speakers—deadline extended through March 1

NAHRI is currently seeking speakers to present at the 2019 Revenue Integrity Symposium (RIS), to be held October 15–16, 2019, at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. We seek speakers to present on all aspects of revenue integrity, Medicare compliance, and the revenue cycle in acute care and long-term care settings. NAHRI will waive admission fees to the 2019 Revenue Integrity Symposium for all selected speakers and co-speakers. Click here to learn more …

News, Quality of care, Skilled Nursing Facility

CMS vows to stop hospitals from blocking nursing home requests for patient information

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released several proposals in a blog post dated February 8, 2019, to help increase interoperability between hospitals and LTC facilities and remove silos that prevent SNFs and nursing homes from getting the information they need to care for patients. The agency is accepting comments on the requests for information and proposed rule until early April (exact date to be announced).
One proposal aims to set up “trust networks” …

Clinical, MDS 3.0 Items, News, Skilled Nursing Facility

New draft MDS data specs available for updating billing systems by PDPM implementation

CMS posted a new draft version (V3.00.0) of the MDS 3.0 Data Specifications to be effective October 1, 2019. Software developers and vendors will use these specifications to update SNF PPS grouper, MDS, electronic health records, and billing systems to align them with annual update to the RAI Manual and SNF PPS billing requirements.
CMS notes that “there are many significant changes, including the removal of eight item sets (NS, NSD, NO, NOD, SS, SSD, SO, …