Ask the payment expert … about MDS payment implications
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Sep 12, 2023
Q: Are changes to the Patient Driven Payment Model expected with the revised MDS in October?
Ask the payment expert … about VBP incentive pay
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
May 03, 2023
How should we manage SNF value-based purchasing measures to receive incentive payments?
Ask the payment expert: What can we do to maintain CMI and Medicare reimbursement?
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
May 01, 2022
Due to staffing shortages, we’ve had to pull our MDS nurses to provide direct care, and assessments are getting behind. What can we do to maintain CMI and Medicare reimbursement?
Ask The Payment Expert
By
Caryn Adams
Jun 06, 2019
My April Five-Star rating is different from what I expected. Why? In March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted changes to the Five-Star calculation methods that affected ratings beginning...
Ask The Payment Expert: Patricia Boyer
Jun 05, 2017
Can you clear up confusion over quality measures and how long people remain on the report?
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 … how to calculate cost of care
Aug 06, 2016
Our referral hospital system is asking us what our cost of care is. How do I calculate that?
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… Quality Measures
By
Patricia Boyer
Dec 04, 2015
What are the Quality Measures that will be included in the new SNF Value Based Purchasing program?