June 14, 2016 Spokane

Washington State is implementing a new Medicaid Payment System effective July 1, 2016

This new price-based payment system changes a decades-old Medicaid payment system
and impacts every Medicaid nursing home provider in the state.

We encourange you to attend our full day session to get the latest information
on what it means to your facility and to your bottom line.

 

TOPICS

• The Mechanics of the new payment system
• A clinical approach to manage case-mix
• How to manage the low acuity penalty's impact on your Medicaid payment
• How to qualify for over $7 ppd in Quality rate
• How the Fair Rental Value rate is calculated and how renovations impact the payment
• The importance of the Payroll Based Journal and how it will be used to monitor staffing requirements
• What you need to do to comply with the CMS Over Payment Rule
• How to impact your Medicare Quality five star rating

 

$120 per person

 

Presented by:

 

Colleen Marlatt, RN, BSN, RAC-CT

Collen is passionate about excellent care for the aging popluation, loves the MDS and sharing guidance from the RAI (resident assessment instrument) manual. Colleen has built her nursing career on a foundation of acute and sub-acute direct patient care, staff supervision and training.Colleen has participated as an expert advisor to multi-disciplinary teams regarding (WA) State and Federal requirements for the MDS (Mimimum Data Set); consulting and training on the RUGs III/IV categories for reimbursement.

Bill Ulrich, President/CEO

 

 

 Bill has over 26 years of experience in the health care industry as a financial and Medicare consultant, Early in his career, Bill developed the technical acumen and expertise that have made him a sought fter health care consultant and speaker.  Studying the intricasies of state reimbursement cost reporting in the Northwest he became the acknowledged corporate Medicaid expert in the region.

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