The Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF), which opened its online doors in December 2022 thanks to a three-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is …
Restorative nursing programs are effective interventions to maintain or improve a resident’s independence in tasks of daily living. According to the Long-Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) 3.0 User’s Manual, on page O-42, “Restorative …
Question: If an interim payment assessment (IPA) is determined to have a new primary diagnosis, does therapy need to re-evaluate the resident or can they continue treatment based on the 5-Day diagnosis? Answer from Carol …
The RAI User’s Manual states that “A previous fall, especially a recent fall, recurrent falls, and falls with significant injury are the most important predictors of risk for future falls and injurious falls” (CMS, 2019, …
The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to update the annual per beneficiary incurred expenses amounts now called the KX modifier thresholds and related policy for calendar year 2023. These amounts were previously associated …
By Liz Barlow, RN, CRRN, RAC-CT, DNS-CT, AVP Clinical Innovation, Synchrony Rehab At the end of August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a National Provider Stakeholder call to review some of …
In nursing facilities, one of the primary regulatory requirements from Appendix PP of the State Operations Manual is that goods and services are provided to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial …
I. SUMMARY OF CHANGES: This Change Request (CR) updates the list of codes that sometimes or always describe therapy services. The additions, changes, and deletions to the therapy code list reflect those made in the …
In the COVID-19 pandemic, some states now are seeing a decrease in cases, while others have continued growth, especially in rural and suburban areas. Much of the COVID-19 response is becoming localized to meet these …
In this podcast, AANAC curriculum development specialist, Jessie McGill, RN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, discusses the differences between section G and GG and how nursing and therapy must collaborate for success under PDPM.
