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SNFs: Final FY 2017 Payment and Policy Changes

Policy Snapshot
Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations
August 12, 2016
On July 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1645-F) outlining FY 2017 Medicare payment policies and rates for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS), the SNF Quality...

CMS Announces Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model and Other Changes to Episode Based Payment Models

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
August 12, 2016
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced a model that will test the effects of payments that encourage the use of cardiac rehabilitation services. The cardiac rehabilitation incentive payment model would test the impact of...

August 5, 2016

Weekly Roundup
Advance Care Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Opioids, Pain Management, Payment, Quality, Improvement, Organizations
August 5, 2016
Spotlight: Pain Relief for Practitioners - The Latest Word on Evolving Issue HPA: CMS PQRS Feedback Reports and Informal Review Process for Program Year 2015 Results Call, Miss Any of the Society's Popular Policy Webinars?

July 29, 2016

Weekly Roundup
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management
July 29, 2016
Spotlight: Educator Gives Futures Program An 'A' HPA: SNF Readmission Measure - Top 10 Things You Should Know, IMPACT Act Call: Audio Recordings and Transcript Now Available from CMS

July 22, 2016

Weekly Roundup
Cardiovascular Health, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Skilled Nursing Care, Federal Regulations, Pressure Ulcers
July 22, 2016
Spotlight: Question Leads to Poster, Poster Leads to Top Honor HPA: Commonwealth Fund Scorecard Shows Improvements in Nursing Homes, IMPACT Act Call: Recording and Transcript Now Available from CMS, PBJ Reporting Has Begun UPDATE - Multistate...

July 15, 2016

Weekly Roundup
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Infections, Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Stewardship, Medication, Antibiotics/Antimicrobials, Opioids, Pain Management, Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Quality, Improvement, Urinary Incontinence
July 15, 2016
Spotlight: QI Awards Give Practitioners Vision to See Issues Clearly and Focus on Change HPA: Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2017 Released; Congress Passes Opioid Legislation Multistate Outbreak of Burkholderia Cepacia Infections

Pain Relief for Practitioners: The Latest Word on Evolving Issue

Spotlight
Medication, Opioids, Pain Management
August 5, 2016
“The use of narcotics to treat pain will likely go the way of atypical antipsychotics. The survey process will likely include gradual dose reductions. Narcotics are used to treat pain but these drugs also kill people,” says Eric Tangalos, MD, CMD,...

Educator Gives Futures Program an ‘A’

Spotlight
Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care
July 29, 2016
“The word on the street was that the Society’s conference was clinical and practice focused, and my mentor suggested the Futures Program as great exposure to this care setting,” says Karen Kirkham, MD. “I learned about a wide array of tools and data...

Caring for the Ages: Renovations Big and Small Can Help Make the SNF More Like Home

Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
NP/PA
With more focus on the concept of person-centered care, skilled nursing facilities are exploring ways to make their residents feel more at home. One way some facilities are doing this is by renovating existing structures and interiors to create a...

Be a Choosing Wisely Champion

Quality
Allied Health Professional, NP/PA, Patients & Families
“We need them to work with us to demonstrate and communicate to others their successes with the Choosing Wisely campaign.” To move forward on this goal, the ABIM Foundation recently announced a new component of the Choosing Wisely campaign—the...