CMS offers webinar on Hospice Quality Reporting Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be hosting an Introduction to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) webinar on Aug. 30...
Skilled nursing facility performance reports available for review
Annual performance score reports for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program (SNF VBP), which begins Oct. 1, are now accessible via the Certification...
LeadingAge partner BKD offers call-in opportunities to discuss PDPM
LeadingAge partner BKD is helping skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) prepare for the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) by offering three opportunities to join a Q&A...
Revised CMS fact sheet for Advance Care Planning now available
An Advance Care Planning (ACP) fact sheet, dated June 2018, is now available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Learning...
New mental health training tool available for LeadingAge members
The Leading Age Learning Hub, which was launched this summer, now has a free video series on mental health. Take advantage of this opportunity...
OIG releases report on Medicare hospice program
After completing a review of the Medicare hospice program, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services...
DOH newsletter for nursing homes released
The August edition of the Partnership News and Best Practice newsletter from the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH), Office of Health Care Facilities...
Antipsychotic drug use in South Dakota nursing homes drops 22 percent
Over the last six years, nursing homes in South Dakota have experienced a 22.6 percent reduction in the number of residents who receive antipsychotic...
CMS issues FFY 2019 skilled nursing facility PPS final rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released on July 31 the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 final payment rule for the skilled...
CMS issues hospice final rule for 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that will become effective Oct.1 updating Medicare’s hospice payment rates, wage index...
