Calculating the ROI on the SNF Speech Therapy Department
Even before the Covid pandemic, skilled nursing facilities were faced with tight operating margins, staffing issues, and reimbursement challenges. Administrators and operators are wise to look at each department and calculate the ROI (return on investment). The days...
Has PDPM Impacted Your Speech Therapy Department?
UPDATE July 2022: With Medicare reimbursement cuts expected in FY 2023, looking at each component of PDPM to ensure optimal reimbursement is wise. The SLP Component contains the highest degree of variability from top to bottom and therefore the most opportunity. Since...
Speech Therapy’s Role in Avoiding Re-Hospitalizations
CMS has made avoiding re-hospitalizations a priority for Skilled Nursing Facilities. The following five conditions account for 78% of all 30-day SNF re-hospitalizations. Unfortunately, all of these have been deemed as potentially avoidable. A strong nursing home...
The 6-Point Speech Therapy Department Checkup
While many SNFs are struggling to rebuild census in the aftermath of Covid-19’s decimation, don’t be surprised if your speech therapy department is seeing an increasing amount of activity. A high-performing speech therapy department should be seeing each new admission...
MDS Census Collection – Enhancements on the Way for New York Skilled Nursing Facilities
On June 17, 2020 the New York State Department of Health hosted a webinar about enhancements to the July 2019 MDS census collection upload process. Historically, the process was considered cumbersome. Providers often faced delays in verifying their files were accepted...Our Dedicated Speech Pathologists:
