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Case Mix Limbo – Welcome to New York
New York State recently froze Medicaid rates for...
Case Mix UPDATE for New York State Skilled Nursing Facilities
The New York State Department of Health has...
Sights and Sounds from Roaring Reimbursement
The Annual Zimmet Healthcare Conference “Roaring...
How Does Speech Therapy Impact PDPM? Inside the Numbers
Do you know if speech therapy is truly making a...
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Skilled Nursing Facility Posts
Case Mix Limbo – Welcome to New York
New York State recently froze Medicaid rates for payments to SNFs until a new case mix...
Case Mix UPDATE for New York State Skilled Nursing Facilities
The New York State Department of Health has announced its intention to switch from a RUGs based...
Sights and Sounds from Roaring Reimbursement
The Annual Zimmet Healthcare Conference “Roaring Reimbursement” once again provided the most up to...
How Does Speech Therapy Impact PDPM? Inside the Numbers
Do you know if speech therapy is truly making a positive impact on PDPM at your SNF? It’s that...
PDPM Posts
Speech Therapy’s Skill in Coding Cognitive Impairment Beyond the BIMs
The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) has...
SLP Component PDPM Rates: Moving in the Right Direction?
October is the time of year that the new SNF...
Sights and Sounds from “Lights, Camera, Reimbursement”
Last week, Language Fundamentals attended the...
CMS Announces SNF Reimbursement Cuts
UPDATE: The Fiscal Year 2023 Final Rule will be...
Early Intervention Posts
3 Reasons to Consider a Speech-Language Evaluation for your Child
Have you ever wondered whether your child should...
3 Reasons Early Intervention is so Important
Early Intervention speech therapy is a service...
Teaching Your Child to Use Action Verbs
Oftentimes, a child's early vocabulary is filled...
Self-Talk and Parallel-Talk
Self-talk and parallel talk are important...
Clinical Resources for Speech-Language Pathologists
Working From the Neck Up in a “DEcapitated” Environment
I can’t read the word “capitation” now without...
Performing FEES on Alzheimer’s Dementia Patients: 3 Tools
A FEES test is an instrumental exam used to...
Speech Therapy’s Skill in Coding Cognitive Impairment Beyond the BIMs
The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) has...
SLP Component PDPM Rates: Moving in the Right Direction?
October is the time of year that the new SNF...