It’s been a little over a month since the Q4FY21 release of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). Have you downloaded your reports yet?...
Trauma informed care: A regulatory overview and COVID-19 impact
By
Renee Kinder
Nov 19, 2020
If the past 12 months have been anything for those serving in long-term care, it has been traumatic. With that said, we have risen to the occasion.
2022: What will the technical experts say?
By
Renee Kinder
Dec 09, 2021
The new year is upon us. What new areas of regulatory change will your teams monitor in 2022? CPT? Parity? Survey trends? Quality? Yes, obviously quality, Renee, but the future of quality… where...
Understanding social determinants of health and rehab
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 23, 2022
Social determinants of health, understanding what they are, their impact on patient care, and their influence on effective transitions across care settings are all essential for rehab providers. This area...
GTB. AYS?
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Oct 22, 2013
Can anyone guess what the title to this blog is stating? In the current culture of text messaging and abbreviations for everything, it can be a danger zone for medical documentation. Unfortunately, I have...
Love your SNF partners: A 2024 perspective
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 15, 2024
Valentine’s week for our family has also been mid-winter break for our kiddos. It’s a slow down after the holidays before the rush of spring. One of those special weeks yearly when there is no school,...
IMPACT of an Infinite Game
By
Renee Kinder
Jan 16, 2020
Here’s a line I’d like you to ponder: Leaders who embrace an infinite mindset build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring organizations.
RCS-Done … Tech Support, please!
By
Renee Kinder
May 10, 2018
I was all ready for my presentation on RCS-I, and then I literally lost power and had the run yanked out from under me at the same time.
What’s your training style? Sous chef or Door Dasher?
By
Renee Kinder
Oct 10, 2019
October 1 was a day … I struggle to select the appropriate adjective to describe it appropriately. But it was a very long day.
Tai chi: a trend worth pursuing?
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jun 19, 2014
I was recently watching one of the news channels and they talked about a study that was conducted that showed that men who performed tai chi exercises lived longer. While I’m not a male, sign me...