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Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze on Five Star Staffing? (McKnight's Guest Blog)

By Cheryl Field on Mon, May 13, 2019 @ 01:27 PM

 

In McKnight's "Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze on Five Star Staffing," Cheryl Field, Chief Product Officer, voices concerns over increased emphasis on RN staffing, where providers who have four or more occurrences in a quarter with less than 8 hours of RN coverage will automatically be set to a 1 star in staffing, and subsequently lose a star overall in their Five Star Quality Rating.

"Here is my concern as a 30 year RN: we don’t have enough RNs anywhere to meet the new standards. Does this mean more weekend rotations? More contract RN use? More overtime dollars placed on an already resource-starved industry? Is this really the time for CMS to put more squeeze on SNFs? Or will we simply drive more providers from the space?"

Since SNFs can't change CMS dictates, Field suggests that providers look closely at technology to help identify vulnerabilities in their schedule, and she provides other great tips, as well.

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Topics: pbj reporting PBJ impacts to Five-Star on-screen editing to PBJ CMS RN Staffing requirement RN staffing Five Star Quality Rating
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Join PDPM & Five Star Sessions with Cheryl Field at LNHA Spring Conference - April 30

By Cheryl Field on Tue, Apr 16, 2019 @ 11:41 AM

LNHA Spring Conference 4_30_19

With recent changes to Five Star calculations and the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) on the horizon, skilled nursing providers have much to understand and apply in a short period of time. These CE-eligible seminars at LNHA's Spring Conference may help provide guidance.

1:30-3:00 PM: PDPM for Executives: Outcome Metrics Essential for Success

  • Administrative level of care presumption
  • Group and concurrent therapy limits
  • Interrupted stay policy
  • Key MDS changes that impact PDPM

3:00-4:00 PM: CMS Changes to Five-Star and PBJ (April 2019)

  • Review key changes across all domains
  • How to prepare for scoring changes to your network
  • Explore future Five-Star strategies for success

I hope you can join me, so I can help you quickly get up to speed!

Topics: pbj reporting post-acute business intelligence dashboard Patient-Driven Payment Model PDPM PBJ calculation CMS and Five Star Staffing Star prediction LNHA Spring Conference CMS RN Staffing requirement

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