CMS provider call next month to focus on RUG-IV changes, payment issues
Oct 20, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a conference call for providers on Nov. 9 to discuss some of the recent significant changes made to the Resource Utilization Group-Version 4 (RUG-IV)...
CMS adds August ‘train-the-trainer’ session for MDS 3.0
Jun 07, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold a second ‘train-the-trainer’ session for providers on MDS 3.0 from August 9 to 13 in Las Vegas, the agency’s Thomas Dudley said...
The top long-term care stories of 2023
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 18, 2023
Long-term care providers were intent on dismissing undesirable memories of the COVID-19 pandemic as much as possible in 2023, but the year’s top stories revealed there were still remnants of it to...
CMS to repeat MDS 3.0 training conference call
Aug 25, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have announced that it will host an additional conference call on Sept. 1 about policy changes to MDS 3.0 for 2012.
ONE DAY TO GO: ‘Prime’ reasons to gear up for the Online Expo
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 19, 2013
The best “prime” opportunity for long-term care professionals to learn the latest information about many of the top issues in long-term care is at hand. Prime? Two days. Five free webcasts....
Two weeks until McKnight’s Online Expo
Mar 19, 2014
MDS 3.0, wound care, technology, capital and surveys will all be covered at the 8th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo on March 26 and 27. Participants can earn up to 5 CE credits.
Officials detail MDS, RUG transition options for skilled nursing
Aug 27, 2010
Providers get a week to digest options for MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV transitions discussed during a conference call with federal regulators before attending another call in the series. The next call will be from...
Ask the payment expert … about RACs
Apr 06, 2015
I thought the Recovery Audit Contractors were on hold, so why did I receive a request from our RAC for a Medicare Advantage resident?
McKnight’s 8th Expo is here
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2014
The universal problem of how providers can best prepare for regulator inspections will be one of five key topics covered in McKnight’s Online Expo educational sessions March 26-27.
Online Expo begins Wednesday
Mar 24, 2015
It might still be snowing in some parts of the country, but there’s no better sign of spring than the beginning of the McKnight’s Online Expo.