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The American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) represents more than 15,000 post-acute care nurses and professionals working in more than 5,175 facilities. Dedicated to supporting PAC nurses and healthcare professionals in providing quality care, AAPACN offers members best in-class education, certification, resources, and strong collaborative communities.
Latest From AAPACN and the Field
- OIG: Facility-Initiated Discharges in Nursing Homes Require Further Attention (11/21)The magnitude of facility-initiated discharges in nursing homes remains unknown. Many challenges exist to identifying and addressing inappropriate facility-initiated discharges, including that neither Administration for Community Living (ACL) nor Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …
- JAMDA Study: CNAs Rushing Social or Physical Care Tasks = More Resident Behaviors (11/21)Published online: November 21, 2021. The abstract is free and open to the public. Rushing Care by Care Aides Associated With Experiences of Responsive Behaviors From Residents in Nursing Homes
- State RAI Coordinator and State Contact List / Appendix B, RAI User’s Manual Update (11/21)The November update of Appendix B to the RAI 3.0 User’s Manual contains changes to the list of State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, RAI Panel members, and CMS locations and contacts. To ensure accurate formatting, use a …
- SNF PPS and Part B Therapy MedPAC Payment Basics Fact Sheets / Educational Tools (10/20)Nov 03, 2021 / PAYMENT BASICS: SNF PPS Skilled nursing facility services payment system Nov 03, 2021 / PAYMENT BASICS: Part B therapy Outpatient therapy services payment system Additional payment basics tools: https://www.medpac.gov/document-type/payment-basic/
- Part B Therapy (22x and 23x Bill Types): Reduced Payment re: PTAs and OTAs (11/21)Transmittal 10934, dated August 13, 2021, is being rescinded and replaced by Transmittal 11129, dated, November 18, 2021 to update the background/policy section. Also, this Transmittal is no longer sensitive and may now be posted …
- CMS Summary of CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Policies (11/21)Transmittal # R11115CP Issue Date 2021-11-16 Subject Summary of Policies in the Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule, Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee Payment Amount and Telehealth Services List, CT …
- SNF QRP’s SNF Provider Preview Reports – Now Available (11/21)The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores on quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare (CCXP) and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the January 2022 refresh …
- The Daily Clinical Brief Sets a Nursing Unit Up for SuccessNurse leaders who hear comments like “I didn’t know that happened,” “I didn’t realize that was important,” or “I didn’t know you wanted me to do that” from the charge nurses and certified nurse aides …
- The Era of Agency Staff: How to Prevent Immediate JeopardiesWhile still a small percentage of overall nursing home citations, citations at the level of immediate jeopardy (IJ) have skyrocketed since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency, largely driven by an explosion of …
- PDPM: Making the Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Component Easier to SwallowWithout a full understanding of how the SLP component of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is calculated, it can seem complicated. The SLP methodology is detailed in the PDPM Calculation Worksheet for SNFs in chapter …
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