PDPM SLP Component: How Does your SNF Compare?
The PDPM SLP Component is proving to be a reimbursement opportunity if your SNF has the right expertise. Since the inception of PDPM the speech therapy department has become empowered, playing a larger role in Part A reimbursement. The SLP Component is one of 5...
SNF Final Rule FY 2022
The highlight of the SNF Final Rule for FY 2022 includes an increase of 1.2% in Medicare Part A payments. The new rule will inject $410 million in the form of PDPM rate changes to Skilled Nursing Facilities beginning on October 1, 2021. CMS has traditionally adopted a...
Sights and Sounds from Reimbur$ement-Con
Last week, members of the Language Fundamentals team attended “Reimbur$ement-Con” presented by Zimmet Healthcare Services Group. The event was held at the Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino with over 1,000 attendees from the long-term care community. As usual, the team...
“I Learned the Importance of Collaboration:” The Inspiring Journey of 3 Clinical Fellow SLPs
Part 3 In our third and final chapter of this story, we meet the Bronx, NY’s own Priscilla Guzman. In March 2020, Priscilla was in her final year of her Master’s at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. She has just begun her placement at a Skilled Nursing...Our Dedicated Speech Pathologists:
