Category: Trial themes

Patient-Driven Payment Model’s Non-Therapy Ancillary

This past spring, CMS proposed removing some conditions from the Patient-Driven Payment Model’s Non-Therapy Ancillary category. McKnight’s reported that nursing homes receive an NTA add-on for those with patients coded for a specific diagnosis. Patients who are at risk for both Malnutrition and are at risk get one point toward increased pay of the PDPM.

Unjust Enrichment

According to an NIA-funded study published in JAMA Network Open, nursing homes that received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan during COVID-19 had a slight increase in staffing hours compared to facilities that did not receive loans. Most of the money went directly into corporate pockets.  The COVID-19 pandemic highlights many problems within the nursing

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