--- title: Kris B Harmony's Blog (3) description: PDPM Calculator and PDPM Analytics for Medicare Part A and Medicaid Case Mix Index Reimbursement. (3) --- ** [![Artboard 1@4x-100 (1)](https://56632.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/56632/hubfs/Artboard%201@4x-100%20(1).jpg?width=1514&height=594&name=Artboard%201@4x-100%20(1).jpg "Artboard 1@4x-100 (1)")](https://krisbharmony.com/) # Blog [ May 6, 2016 ## ADL Coding: Outcomes and Improvement The Federal Government is hot to trot on defining and depicting patient outcomes with a direct impact on SNF payment as a result of improvement. The essential question that every facility should be ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/adl-coding-outcomes-and-improvement) [ March 31, 2016 ## Ready to Exit? CMS Issues Survey & Certification Memo On March 11, 2016 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Survey and Certification Memo 16-11-ALL to the State Survey Agency Directors. This memo was made public to providers, and ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/ready-to-exit-cms-issues-survey-certification-memo) [ February 29, 2016 ## CMS Infection Assessment & Prevention Improvement Surveys With a heightened focus on the growing issues with infection, specifically the Ebola Virus, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has teamed up with the Centers for Disease Control and ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/cms-initiates-pilot-of-infection-assessment-prevention-improvement-surveys) [ December 1, 2015 ## Aligning Therapy & Documentation In Skilled Nursing Facility For years, I’ve been hearing dedicated SNF Owners and Operators around the country say things like “The business is getting harder and harder,” or “I’ve never seen things quite like this.” Well, that ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/putting-2-2-together-aligning-therapy-documentation-in-the-snf) [ November 24, 2015 ## Post-Acute Care Provider Survive Bundled Payment Agrmt. Pt.1 If you have or are considering entering into a bundled payment agreement then Congratulations! You are among a growing number of savvy providers who are taking the lead in the implementation of the ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/in-bundled-matrimony-what-post-acute-care-providers-should-do-to-survive-a-bundled-payment-agreement-part-1) [ August 6, 2015 ## Disrupt Infections: Building Community Immunity Germs and infections are constantly in the news. Norovirus, bird flu, and the Ebola virus are examples. People fear going into a care setting and getting an infection. Health care workers are tuned ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/disrupt-infections-building-community-immunity) [ January 27, 2015 ## Managing Medicare Advantage HIPPS Codes: Skilled Nsg. Facil. Medicare Advantage Organization (MC) HIPPS Codes Update for SNF Encounters When No Admission Assessment Was Completed: On December 4, 2014, CMS released a memo regarding additional guidance regarding ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/managing-medicare-advantage-hipps-codes-in-the-skilled-nursing-facility) [ December 23, 2014 ## Maintenance Therapy: Skilled Nursing Facility Goal Setting The Jimmo agreement settles once and for all that Medicare coverage is available for skilled services to maintain an individual’s condition. Under the maintenance coverage standard articulated in the ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/maintenance-therapy-goal-setting-in-the-skilled-nursing-facility) [ September 23, 2014 ## Avoiding Data Breaches In SNF: 10 Scenarios To Look Out For It has become a bad routine. A new week, another data breach report in the news. The recent breach reported by Community Health Systems Inc., affected 4.5 million patients! This data breach parade ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/avoiding-data-breaches-in-your-snf-10-scenarios-to-look-out-for) [ December 30, 2013 ## Speech-Language Pathology CPT Codes: January 1, 2014 Update Effective January 1, 2014, the commonly used CPT code 92506 for evaluation of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or auditory processing will be deleted and replaced with four new, more ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/speech-language-pathology-cpt-codes-changes-effective-january-1-2014) [ September 24, 2013 ## 12 Questions When Screening For Falls & Balance Problems It is not uncommon for a patient in the SNF to experience a fall after having recently been discontinued from skilled Physical Therapy. Discussion often ensues around whether the patient should ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/12-questions-when-screening-for-falls-balance-problems-in-your-snf) [ June 12, 2013 ## Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) CMS is undertaking a bold initiative to broaden quality assurance and performance improvement activities (QAPI) in nursing homes. In March 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act. The ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/quality-assurance-and-performance-improvement-qapi) [ May 30, 2013 ## PPS Assessment: Modifying Assessment After Transmission Providers have long struggled with items that may not be modified on the MDS 3.0 assessment. Occasionally, a typographical or data entry error will cause an assessment to be submitted with the Reason ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/modifying-the-pps-assessment-reason-for-assessment-after-transmission) [ October 10, 2012 ## A Simple Key to ARD Selection Today, I want to talk about Assessment Reference Date selection or ARD Management. One of the key factors for selection of ARD is the communication between the MDS Coordinator and the therapy ... Read more *→* ](https://krisbharmony.com/blog/a-simple-key-to-ard-selection) [ September 19, 2012 ## Assessing Pain in the SNF Many times as consultants when we go into buildings the staff expresses to us that they are having difficulty treating the patients. The reason being the patient is typically in too much pain. First ... 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