by Gina Elkins | Tuesday, August 11, 2020 | Compliance, Featured, Regulatory, Risk Management
The fourth quarter of FY2019 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPERs) are now available as of July 29, 2020 for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). The original scheduled release date was April 6, 2020. What is a P.E.P.P.E.R (PEPPER)? PEPPER...
by Gina Elkins | Friday, July 10, 2020 | Compliance, Regulatory
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen multiple changes. One change is the survey process. If you recall, on March 4, 2020, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CM)S required states to focus surveys on infection control and then on March 23, 2020, CMS...
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 | Friday, July 5, 2019 | Clinical, Regulatory
If you were to Google the word ‘interrupt’, you will see the definition, “stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process); stop (someone speaking) by saying or doing something; break the continuity of (a line or surface); obstruct (something, especially a...
by Functional Pathways | Tuesday, July 2, 2019 | Clinical, Compliance, Regulatory
Protecting patients’ health information is a top concern for all healthcare organizations. One requirement is to have written policies and procedures for the release of medical records that comply with both state and federal laws. In cases where the organization is...
by Functional Pathways | Tuesday, March 26, 2019 | Clinical, Compliance, Regulatory
The Skilled Nursing Facilities Readmission Measure (SNFRM) is the quality measure used to evaluate skilled nursing facility performance in the CMS Value-Based Purchasing program (VBP). A facility’s performance is linked to value-based financial incentives and...
