Recordings of the webinars are available FREE for members. THE ROLE OF QIOS IN NEW PAYMENT MODELS Confused about MACRA? This webinar is for you and will give you the tools you need to succeed within the changing payment landscape. Click here to...
A new fact sheet is available for the Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) Readmission Measure (SNFRM). The SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program ties portions of SNF payments to performance on this measure, which is calculated by assessing the risk...
The 2016 edition of The Commonwealth Fund’s Scorecard on Local Health System Performance assesses the state of health care in more than 300 U.S. communities from 2011 through 2014, a period when the Affordable Care Act was being implemented across...
An audio recording and transcript are available for the July 7 call on Quality Measures and the IMPACT Act . CMS experts discuss key quality measures related to the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act) and how...
Electronic submission of staffing data through the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) is required of all long-term care facilities in 2016. July 1 began the first date of data collection. You will have up to 45 days to submit data from July 1, 2016-...
On July 7, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that updates payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after...
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) was sponsored by Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and was recently passed with bi-partisan support in both Houses of Congress. The bill, which the President is...
AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s Board of Directors member Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD, was recently appointed to represent the Society as the primary American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (...
On June 30, CMS published 2015 Open Payments data, along with newly submitted and updated payment records for the 2013 and 2014 reporting periods. The Open Payments program requires that transfers of value by manufacturers of drugs, devices,...
Tuesday July 12 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. Learn about the reporting requirements for the new Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality...
