The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) issued a provider letter to Nursing Facilities and Hospitals Seeking Medicare Certification for a Skilled Nursing Care Unit to inform them about new policy documents issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding workload prioritization on initial certification surveys.
Attached to the two-page letter is a two-page Q&A memo. Download the letter and attachment here for more information.
CMS published the final Calendar Year 2008 Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS) rule on August 29, 2007. This final rule requires changes to Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS-B1) data set, and DADS notified Medicare-certified Home Health Agencies of these changes. See the OASIS-B1 page for more information. You may download the provider letter here.