CMS has proposed a 2.4% Medicare pay hike for fiscal 2027 and is developing ways to eliminate payment “creep” under PDPM.

Nursing home operators must fight the dangerous misconception that therapy is no longer a primary driver of success under the Patient Drive Payment Model.

The patient-driven payment model (PDPM) has revolutionized health care for providers and their patients. These systems heighten treatment accuracy and ensure clients receive accurate billing for their ...

In a recent press release, Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), a leading healthcare interventional analytics software company for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), post-acute care providers, ...

With the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) approaching quickly, it’s critical that senior care providers look forward and craft a sustainable plan to be implemented between now and October. PDPM ...

More than a year and a half after implementing the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), how is your skilled nursing facility doing – operationally and financially? Chances are, you may still not know.

Only a few months after CMS massively changed how skilled nursing facilities are reimbursed for therapy services, the pandemic hit and threw long-term care operations into a tailspin. That makes it ...

CMS contracted with Acumen, LLC for SNF reform and Abt Associates for HHA reform. The goal in both cases was to develop an alternative case-mix adjustment methodology, in which Medicare payments would ...