CMS new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will be implemented on Oct. 1, 2019. CMS finalized the Patient-Driven Payment Model for skilled nursing facilities (SNF), which will link Medicare payments to value and care, rather than volume/ fee-for-service care. The rule according to news reports “would reduce documentation standards around patient assessments, saving facilities approximately $2 billion over 10 years," and would "give a $975 million collective raise next year to post-acute care … [Read more...] about New CMS payment system for skilled nursing facilities reimburses providers for care not volume
Facility Responsibility in Discharges and Transfers
The purpose of this letter is to clarify the difference between transferring and discharging a resident from a NF. The determining factor that differentiates a transfer from a discharge is the assumption of responsibility for a resident’s care and not the resident’s movement.• Transfer – The releasing facility maintains responsibility for a resident’s care.• Discharge – The releasing facility ceases to have responsibility for a resident’s care.This letter also provides federal and state … [Read more...] about Facility Responsibility in Discharges and Transfers
