[03/22/13]
Posted on March 22, 2013 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
During yesterday’s Open Door Forum, Jeanette Kranacs, the Director of the Division of Institutional Post-Acute Care for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) commented that CMS will not be issuing instructions to surveyors on evaluating compliance and ethics programs until the regulations have been promulgated. CMS was required to have final regulations and various tools in place as of... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, billing, bufford, cms, compliance, ethics, improvement, jent, long term care, nf, oig, PPACA, program, qapi, regulation, rug, sebelius, selby, snf
[02/01/13]
Posted on February 1, 2013 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
Under the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, organizations will enter into payment arrangements that include financial and performance accountability for episodes of care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hopes these models may lead to higher quality and more coordinated care at a lower cost to Medicare. READ MORE
Tags: 2%, acute, bufford, care, cms, hospital, implementation, improvement, initiative, jent, long term care, model, payment, phase, post, quality, selby, snf
[07/09/12]
Posted on July 9, 2012 in Health Information Technology
Published by: Hall Render
Since 2005, a group of associations known as the Long Term and Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Health Information Technology Collaborative (the Collaborative) have hosted the annual LTPAC Health IT Summit to discuss and advance health IT issues for long LTPAC providers. Following the Summit, the Collaborative publishes a Road Map that identifies the progress... READ MORE
Tags: aanac, accountable care, ahca, ahima, amda, batt, bufford, bundled payment, care coordination, cast, cms, crm, ehr, employee, facility, health it, healthcare, hms, improvement, IT, leadingage, long term care, ltc, ltpac, nasl, ncal, nf, nursing home, oig, pace, process, provider, quality, rehospitalization, road map, skill, snf, summit, technology, training
[07/06/12]
Posted on July 6, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just released the 2012 Nursing Home Action Plan; a guide for CMS’ efforts to continue to improve nursing home safety and quality. The plan features 5 actionable strategies, including: enhance consumer engagement; strengthen survey processes, standards, and enforcement; promote quality improvement; create strategic approaches through partnerships; and... READ MORE
Tags: 2012 lsc, ACA, action plan, antipsychotic, assessment, bufford, cmp, cms, congress, consumer, feeding tube, hha, Home Health, idr, improvement, jent, long term care, lsc, medicaid, Medicare, nf, nursing home, nursing home compare, oig, qapi, quality, regulation, selby, skilled nursing facility, snf, survey, tags
[07/03/12]
Posted on July 3, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a S&C Letter detailing the Nursing Home Quality Improvement Questionnaire (NHQIQ) discussed earlier this week. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates CMS to establish standards and provided technical assistance to nursing homes on the development and best practices relating to Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, assurance, bufford, cms, improvement, jent, long term care, nhqiq, nursing home, performance, qapi, quality, quality improvement, regulation, selby, snf
