Attention SimpleLTC customers: SimpleLTC will be conducting maintenance on Sunday, October 28th from 12:00pm CDT through 6:00pm CDT. During this maintenance window, SimpleConnect™ users can submit MDS batches to SimpleLTC as usual, but they will not be transmitted to CMS until after 6:00pm CDT. This outage will affect all SimpleLTC … Read More
Top 5 reasons to stop by Simple’s booth at THCA
Going to the THCA 68th Annual Convention & Trade Show in Dallas, Oct. 29-31? Here are five reasons why you don’t want to miss visiting SimpleLTC in Booth 314. ezPBJ is your one-stop shop for payroll-based journal compliance, allowing you to assemble PBJ reports from all data sources, identify and … Read More
CMS makes significant change to coding J2000 – Prior Surgery
Attention MDS Coordinators: Be sure you and your staff are aware of this significant change to MDS 3.0 coding for J2000 – Prior Surgery. Immediately after releasing the new MDS 3.0 Item Set on Oct. 1, CMS posted a five-page errata document providing notification of a significant MDS 3.0 change … Read More
Texas PASRR Form 1012 available beginning Sept. 24
Attention Texas providers: Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) has informed us that the new Form 1012 for will be available for use effective Sept. 24, 2018. Nursing Facilities that discover a mental illness diagnosis for an individual in their facility, when the current PASRR Level 1 screening is negative for … Read More
[On-demand webinar] MDS changes for 2018, featuring Ron Orth
It’s that time of year again…October MDS changes are upon us! October 2018 brings a multitude of changes that will impact many sections of the MDS, as well as prepare us for the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) to be implemented in 2019. The changes include the addition of new … Read More