Do you want to increase your skilled census?
"Using these proven methods, I am confident many nursing facilities will be able to double their Medicare census . . . and dramatically increase revenue!"
- Kitt Wakeley
Is your skilled census all that it could be?
If your facility is like most nursing homes, you probably have residents who deserve Medicare coverage but are not receiving it. These residents must be "skilled" before they can benefit from this coverage. Are you doing all you can to make sure each resident is being covered at the highest appropriate level?
Help is here. Introducing The Skilled Services Troubleshooter: Strategies for Covering Nursing Home Residents Under Medicare.
A resource to answer all of your skilling questions . . .
The Skilled Services Troubleshooter - an easy-to-read, 130-page reference guide and CD-ROM set by Kitt Wakeley, CNHA, MHA, MPA - will bring you and your staff up-to-speed on when and how to skill residents. Never again will you miss out on the benefits and reimbursement you and your residents deserve because you were unsure about the proper Medicare rules and regulations.
Straightforward strategies to make skilling simple. . .
The Skilled Services Troubleshooter takes the mystery out of skilled services and explains exactly when to skill, when not to skill, and why. Author Kitt Wakeley:
- answers the most commonly asked skilling questions
- translates all of the official rules and regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations, SNF Benefit Manual, and RAI User's Manual into plain English, making them easy to understand and apply
- provides proven strategies for increasing your skilled census and improving your facility's reputation with the support of your entire staff
The Skilled Services Troubleshooter: Strategies for Covering Nursing Home Residents Under Medicare offers these key benefits:
- Features easy-to-understand explanations of complex government rules and regulations
- Applies common sense strategies to the complicated process of skilling a patient
- Includes quick-guide skilling checklists and handy forms
- Arranged in an easy-to-reference format
It includes the top 10 most frequently questioned skilled services scenarios:
- Hospice care
- Psychiatric patients
- Observation
- How long you can skill a resident
- The 60-day break in skilled services
- Tube-feeding and "different diagnoses"
- When the cost of care exceeds reimbursement
- The 30-day window
- Consolidated billing as it applies to skilled residents
- Leaves of absence
Finally, it provides you with and dissects at length those crucial forms your SNF needs to use to make sure it has its Medicare ducks in a row, such as:
- The SNF ABN
- Other notices of noncoverage
- The Medicare Secondary Payer form
- Physician certifications and recertifications
- Medicare meeting minutes forms
- SNF billing information sheet
- RUG tools
- Checklists for skilled therapy services
- Checklists for skilled nursing services
Perfect for new and experienced staff members . . .
The subject of "skilling" residents is complicated. An incredible value, The Skilled Services Troubleshooter is a must-have resource that not only helps you train new nurses and MDS coordinators, but can also be used as a daily reference guide for experienced staff. It's a resource you can't afford to be without!
About the author:
Kitt Wakeley, CNHA, MHA, MPA, is the owner and co-founder of Valir Health, formally known as Pinnacle Health Care Group. Originally started as a Medicare billing, consulting, and cost report company in 1998, Valir evolved into a premier long-term care therapy company in the southwest portion of the United States. With long-term care therapy as the staple of its business, Valir developed other companies in the areas of medical billing, durable medical equipment, facility management, outpatient clinics, and inpatient rehab hospitals.
Kitt's role in Valir's rapid growth has been as a Medicare expert and entrepreneur in healthcare ventures. Speaking at seminars, conventions, universities, and healthcare facilities across the nation, Kitt has been recognized as a progressive expert in the healthcare industry. He has worked as a contributing author for HCPro, Inc., and produced a line of videos related to Medicare.
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