GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

But like, if you look at a surrogate document, it walks you through step by step, the hierarchy of decision makers, but also, like, how that surrogate should be making decisions. I think it’s kind of multilayered and I think that one area in particular to intervene is patients going into long term care.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

AUGUST 29, 2024

Just as vocabulary and grammar are foundational for students, precise language and documentation are crucial for us in demonstrating the skilled level of service we provide. Medicare, the primary payer for many skilled nursing facility residents, provides clear guidelines on what constitutes skilled therapy services.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Person-centered care is becoming increasingly important in all care settings, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services continues to prioritize value-based care and individual care outcomes. What is person-centered care?

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Let’s start with some definitions and guidance from Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 15 – Covered Medical and Other Health Services. We are clinicians, after all, who provide care to complex patients daily so how about we start there! How is that defined per Medicare? Now on to complexities. Now, on to intervention.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Certainly SOME of those avoided hospitalizations, CPR, and ICU stays were due to documentation of those orders in the POLST. Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Karl Steinberg, he’s a palliative care doc and a geriatrician. Because we haven’t done our job to document the value of what we’re doing.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Health care providers are giving really good patient-focused care, but we’re not doing what I like to call family-centered care. There’s not even a place in most medical records to document that. What were your impressions of that document? It’s a beautiful document. They would be so afraid.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

APRIL 27, 2023

PEPPER reports, on the other hand, shouldn’t be viewed as an additional nuisance and should provide useful data for the entire interdisciplinary team to review to assess trending and develop strategies for supplemental review of documentation. What Is PEPPER? These areas are referred to as “target areas.” 1 through Sept.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2023

Many older Americans receive care from aging services facilities across the United States. There are currently about 14 million people receiving some form of long-term care services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That number is expected to double by 2050, according to the U.S.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The October 2019 industry shift to the Patient Driven Payment Model allowed all rehabilitation professionals the opportunity to document specific clinical characteristics about the patients we serve and directly tie those areas to reimbursement. Renee Kinder. Quite the shift, right? Knowledge is key here. Let’s begin with some basics on PDPM.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Every fall, healthcare professionals anxiously await the release of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which outlines policy changes for Medicare payments under the PFS and updates to other Medicare Part B payment policies. What the Final Rule doesn’t fully explain is the journey that brought us here.

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Rehabilitation services Long-term care Medicare Document 98

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MARCH 16, 2023

Based on this, the Medicare program covers such services, and coverage cannot be denied based on the absence of potential for improvement or restoration. Based on this, the Medicare program covers such services, and coverage cannot be denied based on the absence of potential for improvement or restoration. Answer: No. Answer: No.

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Long-term care Medicare Definition Document 69

Healthcare Law Insights blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Many long-term care residents live in Missouri nursing homes for years. What documentation is required before sending the notice of discharge? If a facility determines that it must involuntarily discharge a resident, the facility must first determine the level of documentation required. 19 CSR 30-82.050(2)(A)-(F).

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Nursing home Long-term care Document Nursing 59

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MAY 11, 2023

Since the initiation of PDPM in October of 2019, providers have been long awaiting medical review to assess the accuracy of interdisciplinary team documentation. The CR is an attempt to increase comprehension of correct billing practices under the PDPM by all SNF providers that bill Medicare. What do rehab teams need to know?

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Long-term care Medicare 2019 Document 52

Caregiver Support Services

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

However, elder law includes everything listed below: Trusts and wills Planning for long-term care, estates, health care, and guardianship Durable powers of attorney Health care powers of attorney Social Security Medicaid These types of legal procedures can be specially adapted to serve the interests of senior citizens.

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Elderly care Long-term care Medicare Article 52

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MAY 26, 2022

This will be either a patient control number (found at form locator 03a on the UB-04 claim form) or a medical record number (found at form locator 03b on the UB-04 claim form) for a traditional Medicare Part A Fee-for-Service patient who received services from July 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2021 (“from” or “through” dates on a paid claim).

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JANUARY 19, 2023

My boss at the time asked me to come prepared to review Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 15 – Covered Medical and Other Health Services. Not the company policies, or the human resource manuals, but the “gold standard,” as she put it, when it comes to understanding the rules of practice and documentation for Medicare.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JUNE 6, 2024

The guide book for plan of care development for patients is clearly outlined in Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 15 Section 220.1.2, Plans of Care for Outpatient Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Speech-Language Pathology Services. The plan of care shall be consistent with the related evaluation.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JUNE 9, 2022

Ap·pen·dix — a section or table of additional matter at the end of a book or document. We can more holistically care for those with chronic conditions which research showing that approximately 21.4 Renee Kinder. Do you generally refer to the appendix in your manuals, research materials, or other clinical practice guidelines?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We could look at cancer registry linked with… Like, I see here Medicare type big data sets, but then you have to rely on insurance claims and that’s going to underestimate SUD when most people aren’t getting treatment and it’s a tough nut to crack. Eric: Just for the aging population, what about long-term care?

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We need to understand most nurses in acute care and long-term care settings now are novice nurses or nurses who have only been in the profession for a few years. So, whatever we do, we document it and get reimbursed. I work in acute care, so I never see a reimbursement because the hospital sees the reimbursement.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2023

Mollie Gurian, vice president of home-based and HCBS policy at LeadingAge Mandates for hospice workers Health care providers must comply with all applicable pre-PHE requirements after May 11, according to recent guidance from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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AJN Off the Charts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. The realities of today’s long-term care environment. The proposed requirements do not reflect LPNs in the HPRD.

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Nursing home Long-term care Nursing 2001 112

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MARCH 30, 2023

As a rehab professional, is there anything more miserable than the gathering of stacks of documents and searching for records needed for pre-authorization? Awful scans, missing documents, and most importantly wasted time… I mean, we have patients to see, folks! No one, and I mean no one, has time for that. Stacks of papers be gone!

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Long-term care Document Medicare Healthcare 52

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For SNF rehab teams, the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, specifically Chapters 8 and 15, is a foundational resource. These chapters clarify requirements for medical necessity, documentation, and patient eligibility. Understanding these rules ensures care decisions align with federal regulations and Medicare policy.

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