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Survey Readiness Checklist

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 | AADNS

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Does Your IDT Have An Action Plan For Oct. 1 MDS Changes?

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 | Caralyn Davis, Staff Writer

In a nod to the sheer scope of the changes that will implement on Oct. 1 for both the MDS and the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP), officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hammered home a constant theme during the July 31 – August 1 train-the-trainer seminar: What is your action plan for implementing these updates?
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Budgeting For Education In 2019: How To Make Your Case For Professional Development Funds

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 | Emily Royalty-Bachelor

The field of long-term care is rapidly changing. From the CMS’s updated Conditions of Participation to the implementation of new survey processes, the last several years have created a new professional landscape for long-term care staff. Payers are increasingly focusing on shorter lengths of stay, and facility staff must find a way to balance this with providing the best care possible.
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Q&A: How can we make the process of obtaining standing orders from the physician easier?

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 | Juzell Pettis

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Goodbye RUG-IV: PDPM Will Implement On Oct. 1, 2019

Thursday, August 2, 2018 | Caralyn Davis, Staff Writer

On July 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) final rule, ushering in a new payment era for traditional fee-for-service Medicare Part A that will be unlike anything SNFs have seen before. The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will go into effect on Oct. 1, 2019 (i.e., starting with FY 2020), replacing the RUG-IV case-mix classification model that has been the hallmark of SNF PPS for years.
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Sleep: The Best Medicine for Elders

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 | Linda Shell, DNP, MA, RN, DNS-CT

How did your residents sleep last night? Sleep is as important to the well-being of a resident as food and water. Quality nighttime sleep can have a significant impact on daily function, alertness, and overall quality of life, enhancing cognitive and physical abilities and reducing the risk of falls. Until recently, sleep issues have been associated with the normal aging process. However, new research on nursing home care indicates that many of the sleep changes in residents are related to intrinsic, extrinsic, institutional, and/or environmental factors that can be mediated with appropriate interventions.
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Starting Your Resident Well: What Needs To Happen In The First 8–24 Hours To Avoid Rehospitalization?

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 | Jessica Kunkler, MS, Staff Writer

Among skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in 2015, potentially avoidable rehospitalization rates for the first 30 days of a stay averaged 20.2% for the lowest-performing quartile of facilities, compared with 8.4% for the highest-performing quartile, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s 2018 Report to the Congress (pp. 115–116). The first 8–24 hours after admission are key to preventing rehospitalizations. Shelly Acus, RN, DNS-CT, director of nursing services (DNS) for Maple Knoll Village in Ohio, and Kristin Bernard Breese, BSN, RN, CPC, RAC-MT, owner of Post-Acute Clinical Advisors LLC in North Granby, Connecticut, suggest the following best practices to prepare your facility staff and your new residents for the best outcomes.
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Q&A: When does my facility’s survey window open?

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 | Heather M. from Binghamton, NY

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Pre-Admission Screening Tool

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 | AADNS

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IMPACT Act Call: Hospital Readmissions, Drug Regimen Review, and More

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | Caralyn Davis, Staff Writer

The IMPACT Act of 2014 mandates the rules of the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP), as well as other post-acute care (PAC) QRPs, so any time officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discuss issues related to the IMPACT Act, providers should take notice. Here are highlights from the June 21 "IMPACT Act of 2014: Frequently Asked Questions Medicare Learning Network" call:
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