Financial Implications of the 2012 SNF PPS Final Rule
Product Description:
WEBCAST ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Presented on August 30, 2011
New reimbursement rates and other major changes are headed your way!
Discover how new payment rates will affect your bottom line as a result of the 2012 SNF PPS Final Rule. Join HCPro for this webcast, as regulatory specialist Diane L. Brown, BA, provides in-depth analysis of the impact the changes will have on your reimbursement. You will also learn the implications of the first change to the PPS assessment schedule in more than a decade, as well as significant changes to therapy requirements that will have auditors on high alert.
Benefit from this program by:
- Preparing for the financial and administrative ramifications to your day-to-day operations with a clear, detailed analysis of the 2012 SNF PPS Final Rule
- Adjusting your budget and revenue expectations for 2012 based on the new payment rates to gain a clear picture of what the new reimbursement reality will mean to your bottom line
- Avoiding citations and lost reimbursement by understanding your compliance responsibilities with the new therapy assessment requirements
- Preparing for the impact of value-based purchasing and transparency as a result of Affordable Care Act mandates
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, listeners will be able to:
- Summarize the major changes included in the 2012 SNF PPS Final Rule and determine how these changes will impact your reimbursement
- Implement procedures to protect your bottom line
- Discuss the changes to the EOT OMRA and prepare for implementation of the EOT-R and COT OMRAs
- Determine how changes to the assessment windows will impact your financial and operational health
Agenda
- Rate changes and ACA initiatives
- Recalibration of parity adjustment
- Payment update
- Financial impact
- Impact of ACA initiatives
- Therapy provisions
- Group therapy calculation
- End of Therapy (EOT) OMRA clarifications
- EOT-resumption (EOT-R)
- Change of Therapy (COT) OMRA
- Financial and operational impact
- Changes to SNF PPS assessment schedule
- Prevention of overlap
- Grace days changes
- Overall impact
- Preparation tips and techniques
- Q&A session
BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET
In addition to the expertise and information presented during this webcast, you'll also receive these helpful “take-aways” provided within your materials pack:
- Rate chart: Comparison between 2011 and 2012
- 2012 rate calculator
MEET YOUR PRESENTER
Diane L. Brown, BA, regulatory specialist, HCPro, Inc. Brown is a long-term care educator, consultant, editor, and author with more than 25 years of operational experience in healthcare. She serves as the lead instructor for all of HCPro’s long-term care boot camps. She is a nationally recognized leader in helping postacute care facilities to thrive as they contend with tighter funding, new reimbursement methodologies, and fewer resources.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN
Employees of long-term care facilities and skilled nursing facilities including CFOs, COOs, administrators, directors of nursing, resident assessment coordinators, therapists, nurses, business office personnel, and billers.
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