| PPS Alert for Long-Term Care
It's time to focus on payments
PDPM was implemented well over a year ago, changing the structure of payments for SNFs, but a majority of the time since its implementation has been overshadowed by the ongoing pandemic. “We really only had one quarter under our belt of PDPM before the pandemic hit,” explains Maureen McCarthy, RN, BS, RAC-MT, QCP-MT, president and CEO of Celtic Consulting, LLC. The pandemic rocked SNFs, and while payments should have been the hot topic of 2020, simply surviving became the focus. | 
