» The Food and Drug Administration has launched a new app aimed at helping healthcare providers treat tough infectious diseases. CURE ID is an internet-based repository that allows providers to report...
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Jan 05, 2020
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FocusOn January briefs
Jan 05, 2020
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Life-changing treatment helps SNF resident communicate with son again
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 05, 2020
It took an Illinois skilled nursing facility nearly a year to get an Augmentative & Alternative Communication device. But the effort was worth it since it helped a resident with multiple sclerosis communicate...
Providers underreporting major injury falls on MDS, study suggests
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 02, 2020
Falls data used by the Nursing Home Compare website “may be highly inaccurate,” says researchers whose new study suggests that providers could be underreporting major-injury falls.
Providers get more time to defend their Medicaid supplemental payments
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 02, 2020
Skilled nursing providers will have more time to submit comments on a proposed rule that could hurt their supplemental payments.
Also in the News for Friday, Jan. 3
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 02, 2020
OIG report that questioned $6.7B in ‘inflated’ MA payments used ‘old data,’ health insurers claim … Seniors enrolled in PACE on average costs states 13% less than other Medicaid-funded services,...
Section G removed in new draft version of 2020 MDS item sets
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Danielle Brown
James M. Berklan
Dec 22, 2019
Experts and providers currently are evaluating the latest draft version of the 2020 MDS item sets (v1.18.0) following an unexpected announcement Friday from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
2020 election cycle could mean ‘active policy environment’ for providers
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 22, 2019
Long-term care providers could meet an “active policy environment” next year as the presidential election process unfolds, according to one expert.
Also in the News for Monday, Dec. 23
Dec 22, 2019
CMS shuts down data-sharing tool after beneficiary information possibly exposed … Calculator allows providers to estimate staff turnover costs … Analysis reviews Democratic presidential candidates’...