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Medicaid block grants: Yay, or nay? House vote scheduled for Thursday, March 23

 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the first joint action taken between Seema Verma, who was sworn in as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week, and HHS Secretary Tom Price. After Verma’s swearing-in ceremony, CMS Administrator and HHS Secretary cosigned a letter to the nation’s governors affirming the Department’s intent to work with states to improve the Medicaid program and the lives of those it serves.

 

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2017 Home Health Clinician Productivity Survey

 

With OASIS-C2 being released this year and the Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) beginning soon, how productive are your clinicians right now and how productive are they going to be? Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey and find out how your agency compares to competitors in terms of productivity.

 

Find out how to make your care team as productive as possible despite the release of OASIS-C2, preparing for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), facing CMS claims reviews and other regulations. Click here to take the survey and learn how other home health agencies have worked to keep clinicians as productive as possible.

 

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Understanding your SNF’s confidential feedback report: Corrections deadline March 31

 

During the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) National Provider Call on Wednesday, March 15, the agency explained how skilled nursing facilities (SNF) can understand their confidential feedback reports provided to SNFs in late February containing data on their measure performance as part of the SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program, which will begin in fiscal year 2019. This data is scheduled to be published on the Nursing Home Compare website in October 2017, where SNFs will be ranked by performance score (from low to high).

Supplemental Medical review Contractor will focus on hospice

 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in response to a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, is directing StrategicHealthSolutions to serve as a supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) to conduct a post-payment review of hospice claims.

Trends in Seniors Housing: A look into supply and demand

 

Now that the real estate dynamics have shifted from on balance to par or better (the majority of markets can liquidate inventory at stable or rising prices with constant or modestly increasing demand), the outlook for senior housing—independent living (IL), assisted living (AL), and continuing care retirement communities (CCRC)—is less murky. The recession of the last seven to eight years has lifted. What is visible, while still fairly complex market to market, is a picture that is illustrative of the next 10 or so years: ample to adequate supply and average to slightly soft overall demand. Perhaps this is the Brookdale lesson?

Next SNF/LTC Open Door Forum on schedule for Thursday, March 23

 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) next open door forum for skilled nursing facilities (SNF)/long term care (LTC) is on schedule for this Wednesday, March 23, 2:00pm-3:00pm ET.

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Upcoming CMS Events

 

 

Wednesday, March 29, 1:30pm-3:00pm ET - IMPACT Act: Standardized Patient Assessment Data Activities Call

 

Thursday, April 6, 12:00pm-1:30pm ET - Beyond Alzheimer’s Disease – Other Causes of Progressive Dementia in the Older Adult Webinar

 

Tuesday, April 25, 12:00pm-1:45pm ET - Hospice Quality Reporting Program Provider Training

 

Thursday, April 27, 2:30pm-3:30pm ET - Emergency Preparedness Requirements Final Rule Training Call

 

Wednesday, May 10 - Medicare Advantage & Prescription Drug Plan Spring Conference & Webcast

 

Thursday, May 11 - Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Audit & Enforcement Conference & Webcast

 

Wednesday and Thursday, May 3-4, Baltimore, MD - 2-day, in person Home Health Quality Reporting Program Provider Training

 
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