It sounds like we previously had this option, but it has since been removed. I will inquire about this though, so thank you for that information. We do have a partnered hospice facility, but have run in bed issues and occasionally unstable patients. ...
Does your organization have a hospice agency? If death is imminent or there is no safe discharge plan and they are receiving comfort care could you discharge them from acute care and admit them to hospice while they remain in a hospital bed. Doing this ...
So if we were talking SNFs, then "data on resource use measures" was about how much the SNF, on average, spent on each resident (per a specified time period, I presume?) and how many of their patients they has to send to the ER (oever a certain period ...
the measure I recall was "spending per beneficiary" and maybe ED visits. Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, ACPA-C, CHCQM, CHRI Vice President, Regulations and Education Group R1 RCM Inc. Physician Advisory ...
What did "resource use measures" mean? What kind of data is it? Trisha Hoagland, LICSW, MSW, ACM-SW Social Work Lead/Social Work Care Manager II, Case Management Olympic Medical Center 939 Caroline St, Port Angeles, WA 98362 Office: ...
I always get concerned with policies or practices that are intended to avoid a CMS quality payment program provision. If your purpose is to determine if inpatient admission was correct or not, and doing the CC44 change just happens to avoid an inpatient ...
I tried to avoid the use of "downgrade" but subconsciously added it in. If we did do a Code 44 with proper documentation then, it could be a possible change the status? Maybe not best or recommended practice, just to make the medical board see fewer in-hospital ...
OMG!!! It's gone!! CMS Compare used to include resource use measures, including spending per beneficiary. Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, ACPA-C, CHCQM, CHRI Vice President, Regulations and Education Group ...