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The Swing Bed Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) and
Understanding the Importance of the MDS v1.17
April 14, 2020
Presenter: Reta A. Underwood, Medicare Specialist, RAC-CT, QPC
Host: Carolyn St.Charles, Chief Clinical Officer, HTS3
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Nationwide Client Base
Currently provides hospital management, consulting services and technology to:
• Serving community, district, non-profitand Critical Access hospitals
Example Managed Hospital Client: Barrett Hospital and Healthcare in Dillon, MT, Ranked as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital for 8 years in a row
Example Technology and AR Services Clients: Two-hospital NFP systems in southeast GA with numerous associated physician practices
Preferred vendor to:
• California Critical Access Hospital Network
• Western Healthcare Alliance Partner with Illinois Critical Access HospitalNetwork
• Vizient Group Purchasing Organization
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• Executive management & leadership development
• Community health needs assessment
• Lean culture
• Executive and interim recruitment
• CEOs, CFOs, CNOs
• VP and Department Directors
• Performance optimization & margin improvement
• Revenue cycle & business office improvement
• AR outsourcing
• Continuous survey readiness
• Care coordination
• Swing bed consulting
Governance & Strategy
Recruitment Clinical Care & Operations
Finance
Areas of ExpertiseStrategy – Solutions - Support
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Interim Executive & Department Leadership 4
▪ The Right Person – Our experience and understanding
of your hospital is the key to placing the right Executive
or Department Leader
▪ Immediate Response – Interim needs are typically
immediate. Our bench strength allows us to find the
right executive quickly to provide a seamless transition
▪ Experience – Over 49 years of supporting executives &
teams in hospitals and healthcare companies of all
sizes
▪ Support Services – Our business is managing hospitals
more efficiently. We provide comprehensive support
services to all our Interim Executives and Department Leaders
▪ Our Depth:
We support all positions including CEO, CFO, CNO,
CIO, Clinic Administration and Department
Leaders
▪ Interim Executive Placement Services:
“Blue Mountain Hospital District has benefited from
the interim executive placement services
HealthTech S3 provides. Our current CFO started
as an interim placement for BMHD, prior to joining
our organization in a permanent capacity. The
success with this placement has motivated us to
consult Health Tech with two subsequent interim executive needs.” Derek Daly, CEO BMHD
Staffing Community Hospitals since 1971
HealthTechS3 Design.Build.Optimize High Performance Teams
Retained Contingency Interim Contract
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Mentoring/Support Team 5
Every Interim Executive and Department Leader is backed by a support team and mentor who help ensure that the team gets the right results
HealthTechS3 Design.Build.Optimize High Performance Teams
Retained Contingency Interim Contract
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The Swing Bed Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) and Understanding the Importance of MDS v1.17Date : April 14, 2020 Time : 12pm CSTPresenter : Reta A. Underwood, RAC-CT, C-NM, QCP, CPC Host : Carolyn St.Charles, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Clinical Officerhttps://bit.ly/3ao5Xjn
Appendix A and Appendix W Revised by CMS: A Road Trip Through the New Standards and Interpretive GuidelinesDate : April 17, 2020 Time : 12pm CSTPresenter : Carolyn St.Charles, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Clinical Officerhttps://bit.ly/2UERPLT
Survey Savvy: How to Manage a Regulatory SurveyDate : May 1, 2020 Time : 12:00 pm CSTPresenter : John Coldsmith, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC - Clinical Consultant, HealthTechS3Host : Carolyn St.Charles, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Clinical Officerhttps://bit.ly/3apGsxV
Building an Effective 30-Day Hospital Turnaround PlanDate : May 22, 2020 Time : 12:00 pm CSTHost : Derek Morkel, CEO HealthTechS3Presenter : Neil Todhunter, President, HealthTechS3Registration TBD
Building the Bridge Between Annual Wellness and Care CoordinationDate : May 28, 2020 Time : 12pm CSTPresenter : Faith M Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BC – Director of Care Coordination and Lean Consulting, HealthTechS3 https://bit.ly/2UnU9YK
Your Swing Bed Program – It Takes A VillageDate : June 5, 2020 Time : 12pm CSTPresenter : Carolyn St.Charles, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Clinical Officerhttps://bit.ly/2WJKNrX
What an Interim Leader Can Bring To Your Hospital and Why You Might Need One - NowDate : June 12, 2020 Time : 12pm CSTPresenter : Michael Lieb, FACHE, Vice President – Interim Services, HealthTechS3https://bit.ly/3dxyGnD
Connecting the Dots between Transitional Care Management and HCAHPS Date : June 25, 2020 Time : 12pm CSTPresenter : Faith M Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BC – Director of Care Coordination and Lean Consulting, HealthTechS3 https://bit.ly/33VN8BB
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PresenterReta has over 34 years of professional work experience in the long-term care industry. Reta’s experience has included management and director positions with nursing facilities and health care companies. She has also provided corporate-wide MDS support services, numerous mock surveys, regulatory compliance correction, educational programs, clinical documentation, quality assurance programming and, most recently, implemented PDPM in facilities nationwide.
Reta has supplied input to CMS and has been included on projects and discussions pertaining to post-acute care. She holds national certifications through the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC) as a Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC-CT); Quality (QAPI) Professional and Nurse Manager and as a certified ICD-10-CM coder.
Reta has had numerous articles published in the long-term care industry trade publications and has been used as an expert resource professional for media interviews including McKnight’s News; HCPro MDS and PPS Advisor and Provider AHCA magazine. She has also copyrighted several clinical documentation forms and tools, such as for Medicare Triple Check Process, nutritional assessment, skilled clinical and MDS documentation, and restorative nursing programming.
Reta A. Underwood,RAC-CT, C-NM, QCP, CPC
PresidentConsultants for Long Term Care, Inc.
www.CLTCinc.com
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Learning Objectives
Participants will…
1. Further develop their Swing Bed MDS v1.17 assessment skills
2. Learn how the PDPM reimbursement methodology six (6) components calculate along with the relationship of the patient’s active diagnoses to generate HIPPS score
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Acronyms
▪ AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ▪ ARD: Assessment Reference Date ▪ BIMS: Brief Interview for Mental Status ▪ CMI: Case-mix Index ▪ CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ▪ CFS: Cognitive Function Scale ▪ CPS: Cognitive Performance Scale ▪ HIPPS: Health Insurance Prospective Payment System ▪ HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus ▪ ICD-10-CM: International Classification of Diseases, Tenth
Revision, Clinical Modification ▪ IPA: Interim Payment Assessment ▪ MDS 3.0: Minimum Data Set, Version 3
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Acronyms
▪ NTA: Non-Therapy Ancillary▪ OBRA: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 ▪ OMRA: Other Medicare-Required Assessment ▪ OSA: Optional State Assessment ▪ OT: Occupational Therapy ▪ PDPM: Patient Driven Payment Model ▪ PPS: Prospective Payment System ▪ PT: Physical Therapy ▪ RUG-IV: Resource Utilization Group, Version IV ▪ SLP: Speech Language Pathology ▪ SNF: Skilled Nursing Facility ▪ UPL: Upper Payment Limit ▪ VPD: Variable Per Diem
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The Swing Bed (SB)Prospective Payment System (PPS)
Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) and Understanding the Importance of the Minimum Data Set
3.0 v1.1.7 (MDS)
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Fast Facts –
• In effect since 10-1-2019
• The 5-dayPPS MDS calculates the HIPPS payment category for payment
• The 5-day PPS MDS is the only required PPS MDS in PDPM
• The 5-day PPS MDS HIPPS pays for the whole stay unless an IPA HIPPS is also generated
• The Interim Payment MDS Assessment (IPA) is an optional assessment used completely at the discretion of the provider.
The MDS 3.0 v1.17 Assessment & PDPM
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Certifications are required at the time of admission or as soon thereafter as is reasonable and practicable (42 CFR 424.20). The initial certification
— affirms, per the required content found in 42 CFR 424.20, that the resident meets the existing SNF level of care definition, or
— validates via written statement that the resident’s assignment to one of the upper PDPM groups (defined below) is correct.
Those nursing groups encompassed by the Extensive Services, Special Care High, Special Care Low, and Clinically Complex nursing categories;
o PT and OT groups TA, TB, TC, TD, TE, TF, TG, TJ, TK, TN, and TO; o SLP groups SC, SE, SF, SH, SI, SJ, SK, and SL; and o The NTA component’s uppermost (12+) comorbidity group.
Re-certifications are used to document the continued need for skilled extended care services. — The first re-certification is required no later than the 14th day of the SNF stay. — Subsequent re-certifications are required at no later than 30-day intervals after the date
of the first re-certification. — The initial certification and first re-certification may be signed at the same time.
Physician Certification
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In order to accommodate the new payment groups, the PDPM HIPPS algorithm is as follows:
• Character 1: PT/OT Payment Group • Character 2: SLP Payment Group • Character 3: Nursing Payment Group • Character 4: NTA Payment Group • Character 5: Assessment Indicator
HIPPS Code
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PDPM Components – Adding It Up 16
= HIPPS
SLP +
OT +
PT +
NTA +
Nursing +
Non-CMI +
Total Case-Mix Adjusted Per Diem Payment = (PT Component Per Diem Rate * PT Variable Per Diem Adjustment Factor) + (OT Component Per Diem Rate * OT Variable Per Diem Adjustment Factor) + SLP Component Per Diem
Rate + (NTA Component Per Diem Rate * NTA Variable Per Diem Adjustment Factor) + Nursing Component Per Diem Rate + Non-Case-Mix Component Per Diem Rate
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Physical and Occupational Therapies
Step 1. Clinical reason for SNF stay (Primary Diagnosis I0020B)(Clinical Category) +
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Physical and Occupational Therapies
Step 2. Functional status (score range from 0 to 24) (Section GG Items) +
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Physical and Occupational Therapies
Step 3. = the Clinical Medical Group (TA – TP)(1st character in HIPPS code)
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Physical and Occupational Therapies
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Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (SLP) Services
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Nursing
➢ There are 6 PDPM nursing categories
➢ The nursing functional score process is not the same as the PT and OT
➢ The patient will be assigned to highest paying nursing category group based on answer from the MDS 3.0 1.17 assessment
➢ Treatment and/or services qualifying the patient in the nursing category should be incorporated into the patients plan of care
➢ Daily treatment and services should be documented each time provided and can be found in a variety of medical record locations
➢ Skilled RN oversight is Medicare Part A skilled services standard of care
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Nursing
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Nursing
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Nursing
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Non-Therapy Ancillary
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Non-Therapy Ancillary
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Non-Therapy Ancillary
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Non-Therapy Ancillary
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Non-Therapy Ancillary
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Non-Therapy Ancillary
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Non-Case Mix Component
✓ Hospital SB will always use the states RURAL rate
✓ This ‘base rate’ differs from state-to-state and adjusted each fiscal year.
FY2020 examples (wage index adjusted):
Alabama = $73.59Kansas = $80.61
Kentucky = $82.76Illinois = 84.55
Texas Rural Rate = $83.79Tennessee Rural Rate = $76.57
Guam = $93.93
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Minimum Data Set (MDS) Version 3.0
Resident Assessment and Care ScreeningSwing Bed PPS (SP) Item Set
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The MDS v1.17 Assessment
Section GG – Functional Abilities and Goals
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The MDS v1.17 Assessment
Section GG – Functional Abilities and Goals
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The MDS v1.17 Assessment
Section GG – Functional Abilities and Goals
Q:Where is this located?
Answer:
Chapter 3-page GG-12 or
Page 276/1299 of MDS Users Manual PDF
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Reta A. Underwood,President
Consultants for Long Term Care, Inc
We hope the information in this webinar has been helpful!
Please contact me if you would like to schedule a review of your Swing Bed Program
or have questions about the presentation
Carolyn St.Charles [email protected]
Office: 360-584-9868Cell: 206-605-3748
Carolyn St. Charles,Chief Clinical Officer
HealthTechS3