by Gina Elkins | Friday, December 7, 2018 | Clinical, Compliance, Regulatory
On December 6, 2018, Deputy Administrator and Director for CMS issued a CMCS Informational Bulletin informing Case-Mix states of two changes that may impact their payments for Medicaid patients in the nursing home setting.Effective October 1, 2019, PDPM will replace...
by Gina Elkins | Tuesday, November 13, 2018 | Clinical, Compliance, Culture
Post-Acute Care is in a season of change. In the Skilled Nursing Facility, we are facing a lot of change in the next year.First, while we are all preparing for PDPM, we need to take some time to review the Final Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the...
by Functional Pathways | Tuesday, November 6, 2018 | Compliance, Culture, Regulatory, Uncategorized
Functional Pathways is excited to announce full electronic integration of RightTrack™ with Optima. RightTrack™ is Functional Pathways’ innovative, proprietary outcome software program. This live integration will allow for process standardization to improve the...
by Gina Elkins | Tuesday, October 30, 2018 | Compliance, Culture, Human Resources, Regulatory
This blog is a 2 for 1 special. There has been a HIPAA Fine for $4,300,000.00 (yeah that’s a lot of 0’s), and a data breach that affects for lack of a better word, everybody (it makes us fond of the days of Equifax breaches). Check out the information below and...
by Functional Pathways | Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Clinical, Compliance, Regulatory, Wellness
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) recently shared recommendations for providing evidence-based OT solutions. As we begin to set up our treatment sessions, we should always consider the client’s deficits and goals for achieving functional...
by Jennifer Callahan | Thursday, October 4, 2018 | Clinical, Compliance, Wellness
Have you heard of IDDSI? It stands for International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative. It is a framework to standardize terminology and definitions for food textures and liquid thicknesses in order to avoid confusion often created by different names used to...
