Respiratory Therapy (RT) is not new to the skilled nursing facility (SNF) setting or new to the Minimum Data Set (MDS). The data for RT has been coded in Section O of the MDS for years, generating a Special Care High Nursing score...the second … [Read more...]
For SNF Therapists: Takeaways From The Medicare Part B Final Rule For 1/1/20
Therapists in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) setting are starting out 2020 with a few new requirements to tackle. No shocker there. What isn't changing these days?!! The 2475-page Final Rule [Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule CY2020] released … [Read more...]
OIG Trends in Nursing Home Complaints
How Is Your State Doing? In keeping with the mission to protect the health and welfare of the residents in skilled nursing facilities, one role of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is to analyze nursing home complaint and investigations data … [Read more...]
50 States With State Board & Practice Act Links: PT, OT and Speech
Know Your Stuff! As licensed professionals, it is our responsibility to know the rules and regulations required of us in the setting we practice in. Sure, as therapists and assistants working in long term care, we are bombarded with regulations … [Read more...]
Medicare Part A and Part B Updates for the SNF Setting: New CMS Rules Released
CMS was busy, busy, busy this past week.... CMS released the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) FY2020 Final Rule taking effect 10/1/19. [Click to access the 364 page Rule] and the Medicare Part B … [Read more...]
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