MDS RAI Manual v1.15 is Now Available CMS has posted v1.15 of the MDS Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual to their MDS 3.0 RAI Manual website. This version of the manual becomes effective Oct. 1, 2017. Among other changes, CMS has elected to make item O0700, Physician...
CMS Update: Attention Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) The CMS waives requirements for a 3-day prior hospitalization before admission in order to receive Medicare SNF services and provides temporary emergency coverage of services in SNFs without a qualifying hospital stay for people who are evacuated, transferred, or otherwise...
LTC facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid must take steps right away to make sure they can comply with the requirements by applicable deadlines. A detailed crosswalk table highlights which existing provisions have been moved or revised is available at 81 Federal Register 68825-68831. Phase...
Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach. A "breach" is an incident where a site's data has been illegally accessed by hackers and then released publicly. Review the types of data that were compromised (email addresses, passwords, credit cards...
ADL Data has completed the interface for our Suffolk Care Collabortive. Clients are now fully interfaced with Suffolk County RHIO and DSRIP. DSRIP, or Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment, is a federally funded statewide initiative that aims to greatly improve the way medical care is delivered...