Indiana Medicaid Releases Proposed Rule for Overhaul of Medicaid Integrity Requirements
By: Christa Roberts, PT, MPT, RAC-CT and Eleisha Wilkes RN, RAC-CT The details of proposed rule LSA #18-251 were published on October 4, 2018 by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, and introduces plans to revamp the Medicaid program integrity requirements. LSA #18-251 is extensive and impacts the bulk of business facets for Indiana […]
Tips to Improve Skilled Nursing Documentation
In today’s climate of scrutiny and burden of justifying therapy services and skilled stays, it is becoming increasingly critical for nursing to take charge in documenting each patients’ skilled needs. Specifically, what should the nurses be documenting in the medical record? How specific is the training for your nursing staff? Before you answer, remember that the […]
5 Tips for Making Coding Complexity Simple
Are you making evaluation complexity coding too complex? Don’t make this more difficult than it is! Instead of trying to navigate all of the fancy terminology being used to educate us on how to correctly code complexity, let’s try looking at it plain and simple. Here are some common problems that have already been discovered […]