by Proactive Medical Review | Apr 8, 2020 | blog, Education
Staff Monitoring & Return to Work Ill employees are one of the most common sources of COVID-19 transmission into facilities. Therefore, it is important to screen and manage employees with symptoms of respiratory illness. Staff should promptly report any...
by Proactive Medical Review | Apr 8, 2020 | blog, Education
Q: What should be documented in the medical record when therapy treatment is disrupted because of COVID-19? For example, in my facility essential therapy staff are unavailable to treat because they are on a 14 day quarantine. A: In many cases, therapy services...
by Proactive Medical Review | Apr 8, 2020 | blog, Education
The unexpected surge in patient volume within our healthcare facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused PPE shortages around the country. Healthcare facilities are having difficulty accessing the needed PPE and are having to find alternative ways to provide...
by Proactive Medical Review | Apr 7, 2020 | CMS, IPA, PDPM
Quickly sharing information about prevention efforts and disease outbreak can help stop the spread of disease, and reduce the incidence of illness and even death. In addition to immediately reporting details of positive cases to your state and local health...
by Proactive Medical Review | Apr 1, 2020 | CMS, PDPM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the final guidelines for the new diagnosis code U07.1, COVID-19, effective April 1 to September 30, 2020. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also updated the ICD-10-CM to...
