by Gina Elkins | Monday, May 6, 2019 | Events, Featured, PDPM
PDPM! I am sure you have heard about this new payment system by now, right? As you prepare and position yourself for this major change, we have to not only understand all of the moving parts, but more importantly, how all of those moving parts affect resident...
by Gina Elkins | Tuesday, March 19, 2019 | Featured, PDPM
Restorative nursing is important to your facility now and will be under the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) payment system. Ensuring that our residents have services to improve or maintain their functional abilities is imperative for resident outcomes and to...
by Gina Elkins | Friday, March 1, 2019 | Featured, PDPM
CMS has updated the patient classification FAQ on February 14, 2019. In this updated FAQ, CMS clarifies where the primary reason for the SNF stay will be coming from. It was previously noted that the ICD-10 code that reflects the reason for the SNF stay would pull...
by Functional Pathways | Wednesday, February 13, 2019 | Featured, PDPM
With the newly implemented enhancements (10/01/18) to the assessment-based quality measures (Section GG) , it is imperative to take time to time to reflect on our practice patterns. This new process will provide statistical analysis for CMS to determine the...
by Functional Pathways | Thursday, January 17, 2019 | Featured, PDPM
The Payment Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is demanding our full attention. It will drive an epic change in focus from quantity to quality of care. Functional Pathways has created a PDPM Academy along with the launch of Medbridge to optimize our strategic initiatives to...
by Jennifer Callahan | Friday, January 4, 2019 | Featured, PDPM
PDPM is coming- are you, the SLP, ready? Do you know what this means for us Speechies? How do we fit into the changes in the new payment system? How do we make sure we, as skilled therapists and a profession, remain relevant as we move forward? We should not see...
