Ask the Payment Expert about … new and old survey processes
By
Patricia Boyer
Feb 08, 2018
With the new survey process, does that mean other survey types have gone away?
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 supporting MDS completion
By
Patricia Boyer
Oct 01, 2014
What is the best nursing structure to support the MDS process?
Ask the payment expert … about MDS staffing
By
Patricia Boyer
Sep 01, 2013
We recently lost our MDS nurse and didn’t know what to do, as no one else knew how to do MDSs. What should we do differently now?
Ask the payment expert … about quality and reimbursement correlations
By
Patricia Boyer
Jun 01, 2013
How can the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services correlate quality of care and reimbursement?
You always need to remember that Medicare is an insurance plan. As such, Medicare has rules, just like...
Ask the payment expert: How well are the new MDS rules working?
By
Patricia Boyer
Oct 01, 2012
Now that we are a few months after the April MDS assessment changes, how are rules working for facilities?
Ask the payment expert: How will our new e-charting system influence our reimbursement?
By
Patricia Boyer
Jul 05, 2012
We are getting a new electronic charting system. Is there anything we should be aware of with the change?
Ask the payment expert: How do I know if I need to complete a Change of Therapy OMRA?
By
Patricia Boyer
Feb 01, 2012
The Change of Therapy (COT) OMRA means that each therapy resident is always in a “look back” period. When an assessment is completed, either a scheduled assessment or an EOT-R assessment, it...
Ask the payment expert…Should we add more MDS staff to meet new regulations?