Ask the payment expert: What can we do to maintain CMI and Medicare reimbursement?
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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?
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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...
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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 … SNF Value Based Purchasing Program
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Patricia Boyer
Dec 06, 2016
How does the new Skilled Nursing Facility Value Based Program relate to our Medicare payments?
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Jun 05, 2017
Can you clear up confusion over quality measures and how long people remain on the report?
Ask the Payment Expert about … new CMS initiatives
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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?