The rising tide of managed care enrollment for both Medicare and Medicaid patients continues to swell, and as the nation grapples with the costs of the pandemic, SNFs should be aware of the moves states might make to implement some type of managed care model as they try to secure budgetary stability. The steady increase […]
Blue Sky Therapy
This article is sponsored by Blue Sky Therapy. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Blue Sky Therapy Chief Quality and Operations Officer Lisa Chambers to get her take on the competitive advantage therapists have under PDPM, how SNFs are changing therapy utilization under PDPM, and how Blue Sky’s new dementia program […]
Faced with a sea change in the Medicare reimbursement system for nursing homes, operators have spent the last year asking a key question about their therapy offerings: outsource or in-house? And if the answer is outsource, what will that relationship look like moving forward in unfamiliar payment landscape? There’s no one correct answer for contract […]
Beginning in just a few short months, both skilled nursing facilities and their therapy partners need to adapt to the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) under Medicare. This landmark shift will change the way SNFs and therapy providers do business. In essence, providers will be challenged to more closely link their therapy services to patients’ individual […]
Beginning in just a few short months, both skilled nursing facilities and their therapy partners need to adapt to the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) under Medicare. This landmark shift will change the way SNFs and therapy providers do business. In essence, providers will be challenged to more closely link their therapy services to patients’ individual […]
After years of facing governmental and legal scrutiny over providing too many rehabilitation hours, both skilled nursing and therapy providers will soon find themselves with the completely opposite risk. As the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) shifts incentives away from the volume of therapy hours, providers could find themselves accused of not providing enough rehabilitation time […]
Speech therapy has taken center stage in discussions about the new Medicare payment system for skilled nursing facilities, but therapists and operators say providers can’t ignore physical and occupational therapy services as they adapt. In the months after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), speech therapy […]
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