In the July 18, 2019, Federal Register, CMS proposed a rule that will reform some of the Phase 3 requirements that have been identified as “unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome.”

The Green House Project expects to help those providers get knowledge and education to their teams in a proven and thoughtful approach.

There is a wide array of ways that providers help foster opportunities for residents to give back. What they share is their attention to the resident’s strengths and abilities. These opportunities—once taken advantage of by residents—help them meet their greater social, mental, and emotional needs.

In a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma, AHCA/NCAL pointed out beneficiaries are unable to access their skilled nursing benefit because of the administrative classification of their hospital stay.

Do you still refer to a dusty 2011 version of the minimum data set resident assessment instrument (MDS-RAI) manual to refer to or train staff with?

With implementation of the patient-driven payment model (PDPM) around the corner, there is much being written about the virtues of basing payment on clinical characteristics and the reduced administrative burden of fewer assessments.

The idea of a provider owning a MA plan—most often in the case of LT/PAC providers an Institutional-SNP, or I-SNP—is not fresh out of the oven as far as new ideas go, considering hospital systems have been active in the MA space for years.

SNFs are now at the same level as acute-care hospitals for power restoration and inclusion of nursing facilities in pre-disaster emergency planning.

As long term and post-acute care organizations desire to make the shift toward person-directed care, the neighborhood model is a likely first step of the journey.

As of April 2019, there were changes to the calculation for the staffing component of the CMS Five-Star Rating System.