The growing prevalence of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans in many skilled nursing markets has been a source of mounting challenges for operators, many of whom are wondering whether they can keep up with the change. Yet a few strategies can go a long way to make the transition work, experts said. They cite leveraging data […]
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As nursing home operators enter the final stretch before Minimum Data Set (MDS) changes take effect on Oct. 1, they are focusing particular attention on items related to capturing resident depression. With a substantial amount of reimbursement being at stake, the effect of the change from the PHQ-9 to the PHQ-2 to 9 is the […]
The skilled nursing sector is under increasing pain due to the growth of Medicare Advantage, with the industry losing hundreds of millions of dollars while operators also are contending with a host of operational burdens. This was a message delivered repeatedly Wednesday at the “Roaring Reimbursement” conference held by Zimmet Healthcare Services Group (ZHSG) in […]