[Webinar registration] PBJ quarterly check-in (Q4 2021)

ON-DEMAND WEBINARPBJ quarterly check-in: Critical answers to your top PBJ questions [Q4 2021] What you’ll learn Current PBJ updates Back to basics Five-star calculation And much more Once you complete the form, you’ll be able to view the webinar recording and handouts immediately. Please register to access the webinar recording … Read More

[On-demand webinar] PBJ quarterly check-in: Critical answers to top questions

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Be sure you’re ready for the Nov. 14, 2021 PBJ deadline! Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) reporting for Q4 (July 1–Sept. 30) is due to CMS by Nov. 14. Join us for our live PBJ quarterly check-in webinar as we discuss the latest PBJ updates and answer your top questions in an extended Q&A session. Our … Read More

Tips for the PBJ Pro: Importance of the human touch

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VALIDATING YOUR PBJ DATAImportance of the human touchEveryone falls into auto-mode now and then. While SimplePBJ continues to discover and add new verification checks for potential issues, the human touch is still needed to confirm the PBJ data you’re submitting is accurate. Don’t get lulled into thinking the data from … Read More

Analysts break ground with first batch of SNF Medicare Advantage data

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Managed care plans typically hold all the cards when it comes to rate-setting. But a new way of analyzing billing data could finally give increasingly leveraged providers a better leg to stand on, financial experts say. The new analysis breaks out the data by per diem rate, length of stay, … Read More

The CORE Reporter: New perspective, better data

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Medicare claims (UB-04s) are an invaluable source of SNF data. CMS releases quarterly “LDS” claim files which allow for Medicare utilization and market analysis. Third-party vendors offer useful tools that quantify referral patterns and performance metrics, but the data falls short in two critical ways. The first is timeliness; healthcare … Read More