How Will the New MDS Changes Impact Case-Mix Reimbursement?
How will the new MDS Changes impact case-mix reimbursement? Good question. It seems like the answer is that it’s going to be an interesting year. The new changes to the MDS, specifically the retirement of Section G, take effect on October 1,...
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...
Connecticut Case-Mix Update
During the Zimmet Conference “Lights, Camera, Reimbursement,” Sally Fecto from Zimmet and Margaret Kirby from National Healthcare Associates led an informative roundtable group on Connecticut’s move to case-mix reimbursement for Medicaid. The system was enabled 5...
Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuroplasticity, and their Relationship
“If the Human Brain Were So Simple That We Could Understand It, We Would Be So Simple That We Couldn’t” -Emerson Pugh Our brains endlessly perceive, process, plan, organize and remember. Cognition, the mental process of acquiring knowledge and...
“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:
