Skilled Nursing Quality Rating: Staff is Key
Skilled Nursing Quality Rating Skilled Nursing quality ratings can be a useful indicator of the overall quality of care that a SNF provides. Reviewing each quality measure can be important.…
Inpatient rehabilitation facility and Medicare Coverage determinations
Medicare Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) Coverage
Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Coverage Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) covers medically necessary care that insured patients receive in an inpatient rehabilitation facility or unit (‘ inpatient ‘rehab facility, IRF, acute care…
Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Update
Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Billing Changes for 2020
Effective January 1, 2020, with an implementation date of January 6, 2020, the Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing…
Annual Update of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Codes for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Consolidated Billing (CB) Update
Medicare Changes to Skilled Nursing PDPM in 2020
As of 2020, CMS has mandated that Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) adopt the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), certification surveys. Additionally, SNFs must use the QAPI process. QAPI is the…
Skilled Nursing Resource Utilization Group Classifications
The Resource Utilization Group Skilled Nursing Standard (RUG, or currently RUG-IV) classification system has eight major classification categories: Rehabilitation Plus Extensive Services, Rehabilitation, Extensive Services, Special Care High, Special Care…