by Gina Elkins | Monday, February 3, 2020 | Compliance
I am currently writing this blog while sitting on a plane, traveling for work and as I am in the air looking down on the clouds, I realize that my entire afternoon highlighted the modes in which I functioned thus far in my journey. Let’s take a look: Drove my truck to...
by Gina Elkins | Thursday, January 2, 2020 | Compliance
MC Hammer’s song title, “U Can’t Touch This” comes to mind when I think about ill-doers wanting to steal data and demanding us to pay in order to retrieve and access our own data files! Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) defines Ransomware, “as a...
by Gina Elkins | Monday, December 2, 2019 | Clinical, Compliance, PDPM
CMS issued their updated their guidance to Medicare Administrator Contractors (MACs) on November 15, 2019 regarding Medical Review Instructions related to Skilled Nursing Facilities in Publication 100-08 Medicare Program Integrity, Transmittal 924. The effective date...
by Gina Elkins | Friday, November 1, 2019 | Compliance, Regulatory
In October 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule revising for Medicare and Medicaid requirements of participation (RoP) for nursing facilities. In the July 18, 2019 Federal Register, CMS proposed the rule that will reform...
by Gina Elkins | Monday, October 7, 2019 | Clinical, Featured
On September 18, 2019, CMS published the updated Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual V1.17.1 replacement manual pages and change tables. In order to assist providers with accurate clinical category designation under the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), CMS...
