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Month: July 2020

Key points with the new CMS Five-Star ratings this week!

Published July 22, 2020The updated July 2020 Five-Star Ratings were posted on CASPER this week. These will be posted for public viewing on Nursing Home Compare (NHC) on or around July 29, 2020. On June 25th, CMS released memorandum QSO 20-34-NH describing the updates to the staffing and quality measures. We have been fielding a…
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The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report, aka PEPPER is back!

Published July 22, 2020CMS announced recently that the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report, aka PEPPER, will be available on July 29, 2020 for SNF providers. The July 2020 SNF PEPPER will include Q4FY19 legacy RUG-IV data: Therapy and Non-Therapy RUGs with High ADL, Change of Therapy, Ultrahigh Therapy RUGS, 20- and 90-day episodes…
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THE RACS ARE BACK!

Published July 22, 2020 Just when you thought it was safe THE RACS ARE BACK!!!! On March 30th, CMS suspended most Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) medical reviews because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recent COVID-19 Provider Burden Relief  FAQs, CMS stated that regardless of the status of the public health emergency, pre-payment and post payment…
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