[07/02/12]
Posted on July 2, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is giving nursing home providers the opportunity to participate in the development of a new quality improvement initiative that was mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While few people expected any issues with the implementation of the provisions in the ACA that affected long-term care... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, bufford, cms, Healthcare reform, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, nf, nursing home, qapi, quality, quality assessment, quality assessment and performance improvement, quality improvement, questionaire, selby, snf, supreme court
[01/10/12]
Posted on January 10, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are required to seperately report expenditures for wages and benefits for direct care staff (breaking out (at a minimum) registered nurses, licensed professional nurses, certified nurse assistants, and other medical and therapy staff). CMS recently posted updates to the Provider Reimbursement Manual... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cost, cost report, direct care, expenditure, facility, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, nf, nursing home, period, PPACA, report, selby, skillind nursing, snf
[11/21/11]
Posted on November 21, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Elder Justice Act (EJA) was enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in March, 2010, and creates a duty for long-term care providers to swiftly report any reasonable suspicion of a crime committed against any individual who is a recipient of care from the facility, or face significant... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, ci, cmp, covered individual, criminal reporting, eja, elder justice act, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, nf, nursing home, PPACA, reasonable suspicion, selby, snf
[10/20/11]
Posted on October 20, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
Pursuant to Section 6111 of the Affordable Care Act enacted on March 23, 2010, and the final rule published on March 18, 2011 in the Federal Register, a nursing facility must be offered the opportunity to request an Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (IIDR) if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) imposes a... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, civil monetary penalty, cmp, cms, escrow, hall render, idr, ifnormal dispute resolution, IIDR, jent, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, medicaid, Medicare, nf, nursing home, selby, snf, survey, survey agency
[10/10/11]
Posted on October 10, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
CMS has published a proposed regulation that would limit the ability of institutional pharmacies to offer pharmacist consultation services to facilities. CMS believes that relationships between nursing homes and pharmacy suppliers could result in “recommendations that conflict with the best interests of nursing home residents.” The proposed regulation would require facilities to hire independent pharmacists to... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, consult, jent, long term care, ltc, nf, nursing home, omnicare, pharma, pharmacist, pharmacy, pharmerica, proposed, regulation, selby, snf
[10/10/11]
Posted on October 10, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
CMS will host their monthly Skilled Nursing/LTC Open Door Forum on Thursday, October 20, from 2-3pm EST. This call was originally scheduled on October 13. The information to participate in the call is available here. The recent changes to MDS 3.0 and PPS are likely to be heavily discussed topics. Should you have any questions, please contact: Todd Selby... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, jent, long term care, ltc, mds, mds 3.0, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, nf, october, open door forum, pps, selby, snf
[08/28/11]
Posted on August 28, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
CMS recently published a Survey & Certification Memorandum (S&C:11-35-NH) detailing progress in the implementation of Section 6121 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 6121 of the ACA mandates enhanced nurse aide training in nursing homes. The enhanced training focuses on two areas: 1) how to care for residents with dementia, and 2) how... READ MORE
Tags: 6121, abuse, ACA, appendix PP, bufford, care, cms, dementia, f497, interpretive guideline, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, nf, nurse aide, nursing facility, nursing home, PPACA, prevent, resident, selby, skilled, skilled nursing facility, snf, tag, training
