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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...

Two Members Share More than Medical Director of the Year Honor

Spotlight
July 31, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Members who share their time and talents with the Society have a powerful impact on others, even if they don’t realize it. Just ask Eric Hasemeier, DO, MBA, CMD, the Society’s 2018 Medical Director of the Year...

Nursing Facility Influenza Study Opens Enrollment

Skilled Nursing Care, Influenza
NP/PA, Physician
A team of nationally recognized long-term care researchers from Brown University, Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH, CMD, and Vincent Mor, PhD, are undertaking a large-scale quality improvement study to evaluate the impact of the annual influenza vaccine...

Upcoming MIPS Webinars from CMS

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
July 26, 2018
Here are a few upcoming webinars on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): · MIPS Improvement Activities Performance Category Year 2 Overview Wednesday, August 1, 1-2 pm ET Topics include category requirements, scoring details, and data...

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...

House Passes Health Workforce Training Bills

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End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, Practitioners
July 26, 2018
This week the House of Representatives passed four bills to provide health care workforce training and medical education: H.R. 1676, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, would direct the Department of Health and Human Services...

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

Spotlight
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...

Register for Web Stream of ONC’s 2nd Interoperability Forum

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Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
July 19, 2018
Register for the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) 2nd Interoperability Forum on August 6 and 8. In-person attendance is now full, but you can still register for the streaming sessions on those dates. Go here to register: ONC's 2nd...

Leading Edge Acceleration Projects Funding Opportunity

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Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
July 19, 2018
The Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology seeks to address well-documented and fast-emerging health IT challenges. The Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) Notice of Funding Opportunity is specifically...

CMS Offers Guidance to Help Understand Your MIPS Score

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners
July 19, 2018
CMS posted the 2017 Performance Feedback User Guide to help eligible clinicians and groups understand their 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance feedback. This guide: Discusses who can access MIPS performance feedback...