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Therapy teams take note: CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Medicare has released the calendar year 2023 final rule related to Medicare Part B, which is impacted by the physician fee schedule and determines rates and coding updates for your rehab providers. to the CY 2022 PFS conversion factor of $34.61. Renee Kinder. It’s that time of year again! Telehealth services.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

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According to “The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition,” claims again nurse practitioners (NPs) are rising. NSO’s & CNA’s report entitled, The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition , revealed that aging services claims increased from 17.2

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How Hospices Are Diversifying Their Services in 2024

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Lightways has grown its pediatric palliative care program in recent years, tripling its clinical capacity with expanded geographic service regions, staff and census. The nonprofit’s pediatric program grew its capacity to 120 patients in 2022, a rise from a previous census volume of 40.

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DMPAG & TCET: Acronyms for therapists to know

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

To begin, as noted by the AMA, digital medicine presents an opportunity to improve access and to offer cost-effective medical care to a large swath of patients with varied needs. Medicare still currently considers these codes to be non-covered. Background on DMPAG and impact of CPT coding. See a theme here?

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Yeah.

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It’s back to school with final rules

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Additionally, we received press releases related to CMS Acts to Improve the Safety and Quality of Care of the Nation’s Nursing Homes and CMS Seeks Public Feedback to Improve Medicare Advantage. Background: Nearly 140 million Americans (74 million for Medicaid, nearly 64 million for Medicare) benefit today from Medicaid and Medicare.