The Michigan Department Health and Human Services (MDHHS) loaded into each provider’s “Archived Documents” area via CHAMPS the provider’s annual Quality Assurance Assessment Program (QAAP) assessment...
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The Michigan Department Health and Human Services (MDHHS) actuarial team is currently calculating the amount of the monthly Quality Measure Initiative (QMI) payment. MDHHS is...
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently provided updates on initial settlement payments, including the following information: FY22 Normal Initial Settlements: MDHHS reports...
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently provided updates on cost report audits and direct care wage (DCW) reviews, including the following...
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The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Period 6 (RP6) opens January 1, 2024, and will remain open through March 31, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET....
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MDHHS will host a virtual LTC Partnership presentation on various LTC reimbursement and audit topics on January 31, 2024, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Registration...
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The Michigan Department Health and Human Services (MDHHS) reminds providers that File Transfers are the department's standard way to communicate; therefore, it's important to review...
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The Veterans Administration (VA) recently posted updated Veterans Care Agreements (VCAs) rates for participating skilled nursing facility (SNF) providers. This is great news for the profession: The...
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AHCA reports that long-term care facilities can bill Medicare for four common respiratory vaccines: RSV, Influenza, Pneumococcal and COVID. Additional details include the following: All...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed a video tutorial to assist in accurate coding of C1310 of the Minimum Data Set (MDS)...
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HCAM is reviewing a draft of the new Adult Foster Care Facilities (AFC) Administrative Rules to provide feedback to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA)....
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We want to highlight media coverage regarding a theft at a West Michigan assisted living community. It was recently brought to our attention that a similar incident...
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NCAL recently hosted an interactive webinar about the importance of advocacy — providing information on why assisted living providers should care about advocacy, the key...
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