Attention Texas SNFs: Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) has announced that effective Aug. 26, 2019, the Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) technical assistance hotline (1-855-435-7180) will be inactivated. Providers calling the hotline on or after Aug. 26 will receive a recorded message requesting an email with their question be … Read More
[FAQ] Oct. 1 changes: RAI manual revisions and the Final Rule update
On Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, SimpleLTC and Broad River Rehab offered a free webinar, “Oct. 1 changes: RAI Manual revisions and the Final Rule update”. In this free webinar, Joel VanEaton, BSN, RN, RAC-CT MT, with Broad River Rehab takes you inside the PDPM RAI manual revisions as well as … Read More
[On-demand webinar] Oct. 1 changes: RAI manual revisions and the Final Rule update
It’s the change you’ve been waiting for. The PDPM RAI Manual is out and the FY 2020 SNF PPS Final Rule has been released! In this free webinar, Joel VanEaton with Broad River Rehab will take you inside the PDPM RAI manual revisions as well as detail the Final Rule … Read More
[TX providers only] Change in CHOW instructions for nursing facilities
Texas Health and Human Services has confirmed that nursing facilities going through a CHOW must follow the steps below to maintain compliance with federal and state PASRR regulations. This only applies to CHOWS where the facility receives a new contract/provider number. The NF must: maintain a list of all newly admitted … Read More
Voices: Vincent Fedele, Chief Operating Officer, CORE Analytics
How long has CORE Analytics been around? What was the background? We got the idea from the convergence of two unrelated factors. One, we got a call from one of our Zimmet clients saying he was very excited that he had just signed up for a service to receive two-year-old … Read More