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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Last week we as an industry saw RTI International release a report titled: CMS Report to Congress: Unified Payment for Medicare-Covered Post-Acute Care Analysis and Development of the Prototype Unified PAC Prospective Payment System Called for in the IMPACT Act. Is UPAC a new term to you? Let’s start with some background here.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

percent of the total distribution in the 2017 dataset to 20.3 Many older Americans receive care from aging services facilities across the United States. There are currently about 14 million people receiving some form of long-term care services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

Hospice News

A main reason more hospices are eyeing PACE services centers around an opportunity to diversify revenue streams and reach patients sooner in their disease trajectories, says Samantha Black, executive director of PACE services at TRU Community Care. The Colorado-based hospice provider began offering PACE programming in 2017.

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Impact of Section GG, ANAs and Social Risk Factors (SRFs) on PAC outcomes

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

The specificity and care taken to create these lists must mean that without them, the kids are all sure to fail! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has contracted with Acumen LLC and Abt Associates to develop quality and cost measures for use in the IRF, LTCH, SNF, and HH QRPs and the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI).

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