Ask the Payment Expert about … keeping finances in order for 2017
By
Patricia Boyer
Feb 05, 2017
With the first month of 2017 already behind us, what are some recommendations to keep your “financial house in order” the rest of the year?
Ask the Payment Expert about … acuity-based staffing
By
Patricia Boyer
Jan 06, 2017
What is acuity-based staffing and how do we know what our acuity is?
Ask the Payment Expert about … SNF Value Based Purchasing Program
By
Patricia Boyer
Dec 06, 2016
How does the new Skilled Nursing Facility Value Based Program relate to our Medicare payments?
Ask the Payment Expert about … new CMS initiatives
By
Patricia Boyer
Nov 05, 2016
There are so many new programs coming out from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently that it’s hard to understand. Is the criteria the same for them all?
Ask the Payment Expert about … Medicare data
By
Patricia Boyer
Sep 05, 2016
It seems like Medicare always has so much information about us. How can we access that data?
Ask the Payment Expert about … the new Payroll-Based Journal system
By
Patricia Boyer
Jun 06, 2016
Can you explain the new Payroll-Based Journal system?
Ask the Payment Expert about … the new MDS Section
By
Patricia Boyer
May 04, 2016
Can you explain the new MDS Section and assessment?
Ask the Payment Expert about … bundled payment initiatives
By
Patricia Boyer
Apr 04, 2016
How do bundled payment initiatives affect my facility?
Ask the Payment Expert about … bundled payments in rural areas
By
Patricia Boyer
Mar 04, 2016
We are in a rural area and we’ve tried to talk to our hospital about bundled payment but they don’t seem to know what we are talking about. What can we do?
Ask the Payment Expert about… data interoperability
By
Patricia Boyer
Feb 04, 2016
he SNF Final Rule indicates that interoperability of data will be important. What do we need to do about this issue?