MDS changes challenge providers to be compliant yet adaptable, expert says
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 17, 2013
Providers are simultaneously coping with significant changes to survey guidelines and increased oversight, making it more important than ever to develop a responsive and well-informed staff, a compliance...
Long-term care tech summit produces calls for better, silo-busting assessment tools
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 24, 2014
More progress is needed toward standardizing beneficiary assessments across care settings, an analyst with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told a gathering of long-term care health information...
Proposed rule and quality: What your rehab team should know
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 17, 2021
The future of quality-driven care is coming. Is your therapy team ready? Reviews of the FY 2022 SNF PPS Proposed Rule often highlight key areas related to data trending, lack of budget neutrality and forthcoming...
Taming the MDS
By
Julie Williamson
Sep 01, 2013
Providers will be greeted at the end of the month by more important tweaks and changes to multiple parts of the Minimum Data Set resident assessment tool.