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 time of year when we begin anticipating new Medicare rates as part of the FY 2024 Final Rule. Let’s go inside the numbers and look at how the speech language pathology...
Medicare Bootcamp 2023: What’s on the Horizon?
Language Fundamentals leadership recently took part in a Medicare training session led by Alicia Cantinieri of Zimmet Healthcare Services Group. Alicia provided an informative & interactive seminar that included the most important SNF Industry Medicare updates....
Speech Therapy’s Skill in Coding Cognitive Impairment Beyond the BIMs
The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) has changed how many of us identify cognitive impairments. From a reimbursement standpoint, it has led many to assume that reimbursement for cognition is solely dependent on a patient score <13 on the BIMs. Just because you...SLP Component PDPM Rates: Moving in the Right Direction?
October is the time of year that the new SNF reimbursement rates become effective. After a considerable amount of flux between the FY 2023 Proposed Rule and the Final Rule, CMS gave a modest increase to SNFs. The key changes in the FY 2023 Final Rule include an...
Sights and Sounds from “Lights, Camera, Reimbursement”
Last week, Language Fundamentals attended the annual Zimmet Healthcare Services Group conference, “Lights, Camera, Reimbursement.” Nearly 1,300 stakeholders from the long-term care community gathered to hear the latest industry information following the release of...Our Dedicated Speech Pathologists:
