by Proactive Medical Review | Jun 9, 2021 | blog, Medicare, Regulatory, Reimbursement, Restorative, Therapy
Skilled maintenance therapy has long been a service offering available for use in long-term care, yet this programming continues to be the source of confusion for many providers. ”Maintenance Therapy”, is often requested by patients and their representatives/families...
by Proactive Medical Review | Jun 2, 2021 | Q&A, Restorative, Therapy
Q: Can a resident be on both restorative and therapy at the same time? A: Yes. Facilities may elect to have licensed rehabilitation professionals perform skilled therapeutic interventions that constitute a high level of complexity, or train aides in...
by Proactive Medical Review | Mar 3, 2021 | ADL, blog, COVID-19, Regulatory, Restorative
Last week we reviewed Restorative Nursing and its relationship with COVID in part 1 of this 2-part series. It’s been a tumultuous time in long-term care and restorative programs may have had to be put on the back burner temporarily. How do we rebuild and possibly even...
by Proactive Medical Review | Feb 24, 2021 | ADL, blog, COVID-19, Regulatory, Restorative
In the heat of the pandemic battle, staffing shortages and emergency prioritization of tasks left many facilities with no choice but to triage programming. Functional decline is not unusual as residents already prone to decline faced pandemic driven activity...
by Proactive Medical Review | Mar 4, 2020 | blog, Education, PDPM, Reimbursement, Restorative
The QM, Functional Outcome & Reimbursement Perks of Restorative Nursing Restorative & PDPM As we began discussing in part 1 of this blog last week, there are many benefits to considering Restorative Nursing programs. In part 2 of this blog, let’s review some...
by Proactive Medical Review | Feb 26, 2020 | blog, Education, PDPM, Restorative
The QM, Functional Outcome & Reimbursement Perks of Restorative Nursing Restorative & PDPM Several months into the swing of PDPM, some facilities are taking a second look at the benefits of restorative nursing programs. In many cases, facilities may need to...
