How One SNF Operator Optimized MDS Management and Boosted Its Reimbursement

Without consistent MDS management, TLC Management was feeling pinched. The health care consultant operating across Indiana and Florida found itself unable to maintain the oversight and Minimum Data Set (MDS) management necessary to drive the assessment process and optimize reimbursement opportunities. For skilled nursing operators, meticulous MDS management and optimal reimbursement strategies hold paramount importance. […]

How Technology Can Serve as a Safety Net in a Complicated Reimbursement Landscape

As with most of the sector, Cincinnati-based Carespring Healthcare Management has faced ongoing workforce challenges, and their share of insurance and reimbursement complexity. Carespring operates 15 skilled nursing properties between two states, Ohio and Kentucky, and juggles a variety of managed care payers as well as differing Medicaid systems. “Carespring offers a superb rehabilitation product, […]

90% of Skilled Nursing Pros Say Reimbursement Will Suffer Due to Labor Issues

As critical staffing shortages are leading some operators to rethink how and where their MDS documentation needs to be completed, turnover at the MDS coordinator role continues to hamper providers and their ability to capitalize on clinical reimbursement. In a survey of about 500 SNF professionals, as many as 60% of respondents said they had […]