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Friday, August 7, 2020

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Connecting leaders: Home Health Virtual Event

Connect with other home care agency leaders and receive strategies for continued response to COVID-19 while also adapting to PDGM at the Connecting Leaders: Home Health Virtual Event.

Skilled Nursing Facility

CMS Updates Medicare Payment Policy for SNFs

CMS released a final rule [CMS-1737-F] on July 31 for FY 2021 that updates the Medicare payment rates and the value-based purchasing program for SNFs. The rule includes routine technical rate-setting updates to the SNF PPS payment rates, finalizes adoption of the most recent OMB statistical area delineations, and applies a 5 percent cap on …

Home Health

CMS releases COVID-19 self-isolation counseling checklist

CMS has released a checklist to help providers counsel patients who are self-isolating after they are tested for COVID-19 and prior to the onset of symptoms, CMS said in a news alert. A counseling checklist is available through CMS on their website, along with links to more information. View this at https://www.cms.gov/files/document/counseling-checklist.pdf. This checklist was …

Featured Post

Embracing the COVID-19 Disruption: Defining the Future of Hospitals

The coronavirus pandemic has transformed healthcare overnight. With their missions on the line, health systems are deploying creative solutions to improve care delivery. Traditional hospital models are being redefined through better-integrated provider teams and technology-driven holistic care.

Post-Acute Advisor Podcast

Telehealth in SNFs: COVID-19 and Beyond

Expert Maureen McCarthy, president of Celtic Consulting, LLC, and CEO and founder of Care Transitions, LLP, a care coordination service provider, joins us to talk about billing telehealth in SNFs amid COVID, and the future of telehealth in SNFs. Subscribe on SoundCloud, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

Home Health

Q4 PEPPPERS to be delivered to home health agencies soon

PEPPERs for the fourth quarter of calendar year 2019 will be delivered to home health agencies on August 12, 2020. According to the PEPPER website, PEPPERs will be available electronically to the agency’s CEO, president, administrator, compliance officer or quality assurance/performance improvement officer with the certification number (which is also referred to as Provider Number …

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care

CMS blanket waivers during the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken things up for SNFs and affected nearly all day-to-day activities. In order to reduce the burden for SNFs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser-vices (CMS) has issued a variety of blanket waivers to cut through red tape that SNFs typically face.