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Group vs. Concurrent Therapy Part 2: Are You Documenting Accurately?

In Part 2 of this two-part blog series “Group vs. Concurrent Therapy: Are You Documenting Accurately?” we will discuss actual documentation of examples that may not support group and concurrent therapy as skilled and reasonable. In Part 1, we reviewed the definitions of group and concurrent therapy. Both definitions can be found in the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual, Pages O-23-O-25. To refresh your memory, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) currently defines…

Group vs. Concurrent Therapy Part 1: Are You Documenting Accurately?

Since October 1, 2019, for Medicare A recipients, the Resource Utilization Groups (RUGS) IV is out and the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is in. The first two years of the transition were complicated by COVID and the PHE. But since May 2023 when the PHE ended, things have been getting back to normal. It is important to remember that although the reimbursement model has changed, the regulations outlined in the Centers for Medicare &…

Why Healthcare Providers Need to Develop Organizational Intelligence, Part 3: Organizational Intelligence and Learning

This article is the third in a multi-part series discussing the concepts of organizational intelligence and their impact on healthcare providers. You can read Part 1 here or Part 2 here. How your organization receives, processes, and acts on information is at the heart of understanding your Organizational Intelligence. Loop Learning is an excellent model that can help you quickly identify at what level your business is operating – and how to help it evolve…