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June 17, 2016

Skeletal Muscle Regulates Metabolism via Interorgan Crosstalk: Roles in Health and Disease

Skeletal muscle is recognized as vital to physical movement, posture, and breathing. In a less known but critically important role, muscle influences energy and protein metabolism throughout the body. Muscle is a primary site for glucose uptake and storage, and it is also a reservoir of amino acids stored ...

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November 18, 2024

Skilled Nursing Facilities Revalidation Due Date Extended to May 1, 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is revalidating skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) enrolled in Medicare as part of a comprehensive effort to collect updated data on ownership, managerial structures, and related parties. This revalidation process will take place from October to Decembe...

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March 15, 2024

Skilled Nursing Facilities: Billing Medicare for Respiratory Vaccines

Medicare pays for vaccines administered during a patient’s stay in a nursing home. Vaccine payment depends on the type of vaccine and whether the patient is using their Skilled Nursing Facility Part A benefit. Learn how to bill for a number of vaccines

JAMDA

June 6, 2020

Skilled Nursing Facility Characteristics Associated With Financially Motivated Therapy and Relation to Quality

In October 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a new payment model for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that eliminated financial incentives to provide high-intensity therapy. Yet high-intensity therapy in SNFs has been linked to better quality outcomes, potentially pu...

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March 23, 2020

Skilled Nursing Facility Differences in Readmission Rates by the Diagnosis-Related Group Category of the Initial Hospitalization

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May 3, 2024

Skilled Nursing Facility Place of Service Codes: Updated Resources from CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated Medicare Learning Network resources to clarify the place of service codes you should use for inpatient services outside of a facility.

JAMDA

September 25, 2024

Skilled Nursing Facility Rehabilitation Intensity and Successful Discharge in Persons with Dementia

Skilled therapies (STs), including audiology, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, can address functional deficits in dementia. This study aims to quantify the association between ST and successful discharge after heart failure (HF) hospitalization in persons living with dem...

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April 28, 2023

Skilled Nursing Facility Three-Day Waiver-Analysis of Use in ACOs 2014 to 2019

In traditional Medicare, beneficiaries must have a medically necessary inpatient hospital stay of at least three consecutive days for the program to pay for skilled nursing facility (SNF) services.

JAMDA

May 9, 2019

Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization Management in a Risk-Sharing Environment in the Community

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December 8, 2023

Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program: December Confidential Feedback Reports

Download your December Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program from iQIES, including the incentive payment multiplier CMS will apply to your Part A claims in FY 2024. Submit corrections by December 31. See Confidential Feedback Reporting &...