Making Plans for the Unexpected – Daily Journal By Kevin R. Jenkins  |  April 13, 2018 With National Healthcare Decisions Day returning to the Parkland on Monday, an advanced practice nurse — in association with a local rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility — has in recent weeks been encouraging...

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View Larry Wolf’s CareCommunity presentation from 4/12/18 HERE. You can download the slides HERE.

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Alexander, G.L. & Shumate, S. (April 6, 2018). National Podcast on the MOQI Project. Accessed at https://bingopodcast.com/index.php/the-podcast.

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Transition to Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Staffing Measures on the Nursing Home Compare tool on Medicare.gov and the Five Star Quality Rating System Memo # 18-17-NH Posting Date 2018-04-06 Fiscal Year 2018 Summary Transition to Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Data – Starting in April, 2018, CMS will use PBJ data to...

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Center for Medicare Advocacy With support from the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Center for Medicare Advocacy provides the following Fact Sheet to help Medicare nursing home beneficiaries and their families respond to unfair Medicare denials based on an erroneous “Improvement Standard.” The Fact Sheet emphasizes language from the...

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Quality Improvement Team Development is one part of the Performance Management Series. The work of a QI project is accomplished by a team of individuals, which is known as a QI Team. The purpose of the team is to design, manage, and monitor performance improvement activities to achieve the...

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