Ok I admit it. I am a dinosaur. I don’t do facebook, I don’t tweet, truth be told I can barely produce a ten word text in under a minute. Just because I am a dinosaur that doesn’t mean I
Month: April 2013
Functional Limitation Reporting
I know that the mandatory ‘go live’ date isn’t until July 1st for claims to be in compliance with G-Codes and Severity Modifiers. However, why wait until the last minute? If you haven’t contacted you software vendor to discuss when
To Treat Or Not To Treat
It is not news to anyone that skilled nursing facilities, in particular therapy services, are under an enormous amount of scrutiny these days and are being inundated with CMS initiatives and regulations that often contradict one another. A few examples
What is Dementia?
Dementia is categorized as a progressive determination of cognitive skills and ability to adapt to activities of daily living, in the absence of other etiologies. It is of insidious onset and related impairments do not include delirium. It is often
Reasonable and Necessary Therapy Services
We have been hearing for years that therapy services must be reasonable and necessary. Now, with all Medicare Part B claims over $3,700 being reviewed by RACs, MACs conducting focused Probe audits, and don’t forget about the ZPIC audits, it is even more important that therapy
QAPI: Developing A Plan
A written QAPI plan guides the nursing home’s quality efforts and serves as the main document to support implementation of QAPI. The plan describes guiding principles that will be used in QAPI as well as the scope QAPI will have