“Thank goodness CMS has recognized that we need to treat the whole patient.” “We’ve taken a lot of criticism for providing too much therapy,” he said during his opening remarks. In his letter to Verma, Parkinson emphasized that the organization appreciates CMS’s increased attention on nursing home transparency and abuse prevention efforts he applied that same welcoming attitude toward the new Medicare payment model at the organization’s annual conference and exposition, which kicked off Monday in Orlando, Fla.Īddressing the recent shift to the Patient-Driven Payment Model - and subsequent concerns over changing therapy patterns, including layoffs and hour reductions for therapists - Parkinson reiterated his organization’s support of a more patient-focused reimbursement model. The Nursing Home Compare overhaul in turn forms a pillar of Verma’s overall five-point plan for boosting nursing home oversight and enforcement. ![]() The warning symbol marked the latest in a string of recent CMS efforts to beef up Nursing Home Compare and its five-star rating system for skilled nursing facilities, coming on the heels of a March initiative that saw stricter achievement thresholds and separate ratings for short- and long-term care quality. “These could have potential unintended effects of creating unnecessary worry and concern among residents and their families and decrease access to care if patients avoid without current significant problems that continue to have an icon suggesting consumers avoid the facility,” Parkinson said. The AHCA chief also expressed concerns that the system may not be updated frequently enough, with the logo potentially lingering even after the problems associated with the citations have been corrected the icon will be removed once providers receive clear surveys, with the system updated monthly, CMS said last week. ![]() “A red ‘stop sign,’ with a hand on it, is inconsistent with the message outlined in the press release that the information on the site should help ‘consumers develop a more complete understanding of a facility’s quality.'” “The icon selected creates a strong visual recommendation ‘to stop and avoid’ going to this nursing home,” he wrote. ![]() In Parkinson’s view, the symbol goes too far.
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