With the future of the Patient Driven Payment Model, at least as it’s currently constructed, up in the air, now is the time for providers to ensure they are accurately capturing resident needs and ...

We are about to embark on an adventure, the likes of which we have not seen in long-term care. The Patient-Driven Payment Model will forever shift the way we engage with our residents, especially as ...

Starting Oct. 1, per diem payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) will be more generous on the first few days of a Medicare beneficiary’s stay, and then drop as the stay continues. That’s one of ...

More than a year and a half after implementing the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), how is your skilled nursing facility doing – operationally and financially? Chances are, you may still not know.

The patient-driven payment model (PDPM) has revolutionized health care for providers and their patients. These systems heighten treatment accuracy and ensure clients receive accurate billing for their ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a final rule updating Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective ...

There are several reasons why Congress should consider giving CMS the authority to retrospectively recoup the PDPM overpayment to SNFs. First, CMS’s stated intention of achieving budget neutrality has ...

Medicare’s Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) significantly altered the way skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are paid, removing the financial incentive to maximize the volume of therapy services ...

On August 5, 2020, CMS issued its final rule updating FY2021 payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). The FY 2021 payment rates will be ...