MDS 3.0 Policy Changes for 10/01/2011

[Talino]

tuesday, august 23, 2011

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (americas) eastern time (us & canada)

the centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms) will host a national provider call on "skilled nursing facility (snf) prospective payment system (pps) fy2012 policy changes relating to the minimum data set (mds) 3.0." subject matter experts will discuss new mds 3.0 policies that will be implemented on october 1, 2011.

subject: snf pps fy2012 policy changes relating to the mds 3.0

agenda:

• allocation of group therapy
  
• student supervision
  
• changes to the mds assessment schedule
  
• end of therapy (eot) other medicare required assessment (omra) clarifications
  
• end of therapy with resumption (eot-r)
  
• change of therapy (cot) omra
  
• transition timeline for new policies
  

registration will close at 1:30 pm et on monday, august 22, 2011, or when available space has been filled. click here to register

[susanthomas1954]

Thank you for posting this, missed the open door forum today, but got the notes from a colleague. Completely eliminates the concept of grace days, as far as I'm concerned. What's anybody else think?

[andy3k]

The SNF PPS FY2012 Final Rule (76 FR 48486) outlined several policy changes in the SNF PPS effective for FY 2012. The memo which describes the transition guidelines for these policies can be found on the new “FY 2012 RUG-IV Education & Training” page of the CMS website at the following address:

https://www.cms.gov/SNFPPS/03_RUGIVEdu12.asp

Policy changes include: a revised MDS assessment schedule, the Change of Therapy (COT) Other Medicare Required Assessment (OMRA), a resumption of therapy option for the End-of-Therapy OMRA, the allocation of group therapy time, and a revised student supervision policy.

The SNF PPS FY2012 Final Rule (76 FR 48486) can be found at:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/pagedetails.action?granuleId=2011-19544&packageId=FR-2011-08-08&acCode=FR