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CMS Issues Final Rule Implementing Major Changes to SNF PPS

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
August 2, 2018
On July 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule outlining fiscal year (FY) 2019 Medicare payment updates and quality program changes for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and implementing sweeping payment...

SNF QRP Non-Compliance Letters: Request for Reconsideration by August 7

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
July 26, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided notifications to facilities that were determined to be out of compliance with Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for CY 2017. This will impact...

Society President Travels the World for Leading, Cutting-Edge Research

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July 23, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Traveling the globe as an ambassador of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) is a source of great pride for Society President Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD. As she plans to speak at and attend the Nursing Home Research...

CMS Proposed Rule Offers New SNF Specialty Measure Set and Other Big Changes

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
July 19, 2018
Late last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2019 . It includes provisions for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for 2019 as well as the physician fee schedule. AMDA...

QI Award Winner Lives and Breathes Teamwork and Excellence in Resident Care

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July 10, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join If the Foundation’s Quality Improvement and Health Outcomes (QIHO) Awards had a face, it might be that of Marian McNamara, RN. She and her colleagues have received this honor four times in the last five years, and...

CMS Data Element Library Webinar — July 11

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
July 5, 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar to provide an overview and demonstration of the Data Element Library (DEL). A resource for providers, vendors, researchers, and other stakeholders that use CMS assessments,...

MIPS Final Scores Available Now from CMS

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
July 5, 2018
If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS final score and performance feedback is now available for review on the Quality Payment Program website. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...

From 1 Star to 5 Stars: CMD Takes Facility to New Heights with Help from the Core

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July 3, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Mark E. Williams, MD, CMD, doesn’t back away from challenges. In fact, he seems to relish them. Providing quality care for his patients is his incentive, and the results have been impressive. In three years, he...

Society Joins in Comments on CMS’ Interoperability RFI

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
June 28, 2018
The Society joined with the LTPAC HIT Collaborative to submit comments in response to CMS’ request for information (RFI) on interoperability. The Collaborative is a public-private group of stakeholder organizations representing associations,...

14th Annual LTPAC HIT Summit Takes Steps Toward Interoperability in a Value-Based Healthcare World

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
June 28, 2018
Since 2005, members of the LTPAC HIT Collaborative—a partnership of public-private group of stakeholder organizations representing associations, providers, policy-makers, researchers, vendors, and professionals with a mission to coordinate the...