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End-Of-Therapy OMRA Last week in our Newsletter, Kris B Harmony discussed the start-of-therapy OMRA which will be instituted in the SNF setting beginning October 1, 2010. In addition to this new type ...

CMS 5 Star Quality Rating Quality Measures / Quality Indicators The Five-Star Quality Rating System was created to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily and ...

The Art of Writing Supportive Therapy Notes to prevent Medicare Denials

MDS Accuracy The MDS 2.0 has 1000 points of information which requires extreme attention to detail to elicit an accurately coded assessment. CMS conducted the Data Assessment and Verification (DAVE) ...

Case management by the rehab staff is one of the primary factors effecting Medicare length of stay. Generally, when a patient is admitted for short term rehab their underlying medical conditions ...

Daily Skilled Nursing Documentation Daily skilled nursing documentation is the basis for providing information that the patient has a need for daily skilled interventions. Although a patient may ...