Providers Who Perform Well Under PDPM

Under the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), Medicare rates are determined by a formula that captures how providers measure on five care components.

Those that are performing well under PDPM are effectively capturing key payment drivers and not leaving money on the table.

For more on this, please see the article below.

Three-Day Rule To Return After The Pandemic

Post- pandemic rules for nursing home care may look different than before or even during the crisis.
Though some changes made during the health emergency, telemedicine restrictions, for example, being loosened may remain, others like the three-day stay requirement may not.

For more on this, please see the article below.

New Rules For COVID-19 Testing In Nursing Homes

Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, recently opened up about nursing home testing for COVID-19, noting testing should be routine.
New rules presented last month require facilities to test with a specific frequency depending on the spread in the surrounding county.

For frequency specificity and more on this, please see the article below.