Engaged Medical Staff: A PDPM Critical Success Factor

On October 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) fundamentally changed the payment methodology for skilled nursing facility (SNF) post-acute care services. This switch from the Resource Utilization Groups, Version IV (RUG-IV), to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is the biggest change to skilled nursing reimbursement in over 20 years.

Source: Caring for the Ages - October 31, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Walter Lin Tags: Public Policy Source Type: news