Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2022

With a shortage of physicians to address the growing need for care, a lack of providers who accept Medicaid, and access issues due to transportation or office hour challenges, healthcare organizations are looking to technology to help bridge the gap. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Rehabilitation Nursing Accountability Medicaid 209

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Additionally, an error was discovered in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Facility-Wide Inpatient Hospital-onset Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Outcome Measure (NQF #1717) for the reporting period April 01, 2019 through September 30, 2020.

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Rehabilitation Medicaid Medicare Hospitals 75

Briggs Healthcare

MAY 10, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing a virtual training program that will review the updated guidance for the IRF-PAI 4.0 and the LCDS 5.0 for providers in the IRF and LTCH settings.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. EVENT REGISTRATION OPEN for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Updated Guidance Virtual Training Program. and the LTCH Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) Data Set (LCDS) 5.0

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Rehabilitation Medicaid Medicare Hospitals 80

Briggs Healthcare

MAY 27, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. TRAINING MATERIALS AVAILABLE: The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Updated Guidance Virtual Training Program – Prerecorded Training Videos. and the LTCH CARE Data Set (LCDS 5.0) for providers in the IRF and LTCH settings.

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Rehabilitation Medicaid Medicare Hospitals 81

Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 1, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. On Friday, May 27, 2022, CMS posted updates to QSO-21-03-Hospitals/CAHs. Data Reporting Elements and Reporting Mechanisms. On July 29, 2020, HHS published updated guidance for hospital COVID-19 reporting: [link].

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Briggs Healthcare

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Oct 02, 2023 Notice of Upcoming SNF QRP Measure Removals The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is alerting Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) providers of upcoming measure removals from the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP).

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Also named in the Superseding Indictment were two nursing facilities operating in Western Pennsylvania, Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services, LLC d/b/a Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center and Mt. Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing a statement on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) V4.0 The 3-page Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) V4.0

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As is often the case in today’s healthcare environment, advanced technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are emerging as a potential solution, helping to both prevent falls and accelerate recovery when falls lead to injury – particularly when they can be used in the comfort of the patient’s home.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Next month, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release two new Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports to post-acute care (PAC) providers in the Home Health (HH), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing (..)

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 14, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS revised the State Performance Standards (SPSS) Guidance via Admin Info: 23-12-ALL dated August 11, 2023. Reducing these common deficiencies increases the quality of care for people with Medicare and Medicaid. Effective Date: Immediately.

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Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Medicaid Quality of Care 52

Briggs Healthcare

MAY 4, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching.

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Rehabilitation Medicaid Prevention Medicare 40

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 21, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. POST-EVENT TRAINING MATERIALS AVAILABLE for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Updated Guidance Virtual Training Program. and the LTCH CARE Data Set (LCDS) 5.0 for providers in IRF and LTCH settings.

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Rehabilitation Medicaid Medicare Hospitals 75

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 28, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare.

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Rehabilitation Medicare Medicaid Healthcare 75

Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. The data for the claims-based measures will display data from Quarter 4, 2020 through Quarter 3, 2022 for this refresh.

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Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Content-related questions should be submitted to the setting specific help desk: Home Health QRP Help Desk Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility QRP Help Desk Long-Term Care Hospital QRP Help Desk Skilled Nursing Facility QRP Help Desk. PAC Training Mailbox.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Late in the afternoon (4:15pm ET) on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, CMS filed the public inspection copy of 2021-23993. At first blush, this Final Rule appears to be solely directed at the home health industry, but wait….

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Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Medicare Nursing 75

Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering Pocket Guides to assist providers in assessing and coding self-care and mobility, falls, and pressure ulcers/injuries. Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility QRP Training. Self-Care items.

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Rehabilitation Nursing Medicaid Medicare 52

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 31, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Additionally, an error was discovered in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Facility-Wide Inpatient Hospital-onset Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Outcome Measure (NQF #1717) for the reporting period April 01, 2019 through September 30, 2020.

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Rehabilitation Medicaid Medicare Hospitals 40

Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching. All data must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on February 15, 2023.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 18, 2023

Post-acute care includes services delivered by skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health agencies, in addition to long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). The team only used data from community-dwelling FFS and MA beneficiaries 70 years and older, with dual eligibles not excluded.

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Medicare Rehabilitation Medicaid Nursing 91

Briggs Healthcare

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering an updated web-based training series on the assessment and coding of Section GG. Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility: IRF QRP Help Desk. Long-Term Care Hospital: LTCH QRP Help Desk.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Uber Health announced its plans to expand its healthcare offerings into the employer market. Edifecs and Empowered-Home announced a partnership to provide automated prior authorizations to medical associations, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Physician Associations (IPAs), medical groups, and home healthcare agencies.

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Physical Therapy Integration Accountable Care Rehabilitation 98

Bill Of Health

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It is in identifying resource gaps and structural factors that individual drug users face, like homelessness or lack of mental healthcare, that we can begin to systematically address those issues through changes to the law.

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Rehabilitation Care Transition Prevention Medicaid 120

Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 16, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. For more information, please visit the CMS IRF QRP Public Reporting website.

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Rehabilitation Medicaid Medicare Prevention 40

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 23, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. PEPPER is developed under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by RELI Group, along with its partners TMF® Health Quality Institute and CGS. Target areas are determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Medicare Rehabilitation Medicaid Hospitals 102

Home Health Care

JANUARY 3, 2024

Prior to that, he was with Kindred Healthcare. 31, its payer diversification breakdown was: 48% Medicare, and 35% Medicare Part D; 23% Medicaid; 19% Commercial; 4% government programs; and 6% private (or “other”). Home-based care highlighted BrightSpring is led by multiple home-based care veterans.

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NASHP

JULY 22, 2022

1] Under the American Rescue Plan Act, the federal government expanded funding to states’ Medicaid HCBS programs, including a one-year, 10-percentage-point increase in federal Medicaid matching funds for HCBS. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. Providers have until October 17, 2022 to review their performance data. Corrections to the underlying data will not be permitted during this time.

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Rehabilitation Medicaid Prevention Medicare 40

Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 16, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Improving Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act) requires the Secretary to specify resource use measures and other measures, on which post-acute care (PAC) providers are required to submit necessary data specified by the Secretary.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Most patients with OUD diagnosis had Medicaid, were uninsured or homeless – with associated visit costs largely borne by health systems. If the payer mix remained constant, $67 billion of the expense would be borne by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. billion nationally. Analyzing the Burden of Opioid Use Disorders On U.S.

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Hospitals Medicaid Rehabilitation Accountability 52

Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 21, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available.

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Rehabilitation Medicaid Prevention Medicare 40

Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is approaching.

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Rehabilitation Quality Improvement Medicaid Nursing 40

Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. Providers have until February 25, 2022, to review their performance data. Corrections to the underlying data will not be permitted during this time.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 5, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare It’s a big week for CMS postings and lots of reading materials. CMS posted this FY2024 SNF PPS Proposed Rule Fact Sheet on April 4, 2024.

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