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Post-Acute Advisor

Implementing an efficient preadmission screening process to determine potential revenue under PDPM


Most hospitals like for facilities to respond to referrals within 15 minutes, and that can be a very ambitious goal. It usually includes running insurance, speaking with the director of nursing, or calling the pharmacy to get an idea of drug costs. Facilities are used to relying on their admissions coordinator to conduct many of these tasks, but under the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), providers will have to involve more team members in the preadmission screening process.

 

CMS releases tables detailing the 2019 quality measures for home health


CMS has published updated details on potentially avoidable events, process and outcome measures for 2019. The updated tables also include details on star-ratings measures and quality measures new to Home Health Compare in 2019.

 

CMS extends its staffing exemption for hospices through 2020


Hospices battling the ongoing nursing shortage have two additional years to use contract nurses due to “extraordinary circumstances,” CMS has announced.

 

JAMA study finds comprehensive dementia care to be cost effective


According to a December 2018 JAMA study, comprehensive dementia care may reduce the number of admissions to long-term care facilities, and depending on program costs, may be cost neutral or cost saving.

 


New in the January issue of PPS Alert for Long-Term Care...

 

Four CASPER reports you should be paying attention to

 

he Certification and Survey Provider Enhance-ment Reports (CASPER) quality measures (QM) reports should be used to identify areas of oppor-tunity for improving quality of care. State survey-ors and facilities may access each of the reports online in the Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES) Assessment Submission and Pro-cessing system, where Minimum Data Set (MDS) data are normally transmitted. The site can be found at www.qtso.com/submissions/submissions.html. The reports are generated through the Centers for Med-icare & Medicaid (CMS) CASPER reporting sys-tem. It is important for facilities to become famil-iar with CASPER QM reports, because surveyors review the data in these reports to assess the quali-ty of the facility’s care to residents.

 

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Monthly In-Service: January issue of CNA Training Advisor

 

Documentation standards


Click here to receive a new lesson plan every month, including course materials, a 4-page in-service, and a quiz targeted to address the unique needs, interests, and concerns of CNAs.

 


Education and Training Tools

 

Identifying and Preventing UTIs in Long-Term Care

 

 

Withstand Surveys by Mastering Your Understanding of Newly Released Interpretive Guidelines

 

 

Weather Any Disaster: Tighten Up Your Agency's Emergency Preparedness

 

Home Health Administrator's Summit, May 15-17, 2019 - Las Vegas

 
 

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