Patient Driven Payment Model 101
MARK MCDAVID, OTR, RAC-CT
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MedPAC has raised concerns about:• Provider advantage• Payment inequities for different patient types• Patient selection being driven by payment• Concerns about overutilization of therapy
MedPAC has been focused on PAC payment reform• Aligning cost and payment• Equitable payments across patient groups• Pay for performance
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Why a New Payment Model?
Questionable billing by skilled nursing facilities (December 2010)
Inappropriate Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities Cost Medicare More Than a Billion Dollars in 2009 (November 2012)
The Medicare Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities Needs to be Reevaluated (September 2015)
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OIG Reports Over the Years
Limit complexity of the new payment system• 66 Payment categories vs 28,800
Address financial incentives described by MedPAC, OIG, and CMS
Payment model accuracy that will compensate facilities based on complexity of the patient
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CMS Goals
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Acumen – CMS Contractor
Previous (current) PPS System Proposed PPS System
Therapy PT ComponentOT Component
NursingST Component
Non-therapy ancillarycomponent
Non-case mixNursing component
Non-case mix componentIndex Maximized Not Index Maximized
CMS Proposes Complete overhaul of the Medicare A payment
system (replacing RUGs-IV)
On April 27, 2018 CMS released a SNF PPS Proposed Rule for FY 2019 that included the PDPM for FY 2020
Comments were due to CMS by June 26, 2018 by 5pm
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Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM)
CMS Proposes 5 case-mix adjusted components and 1 non case-mix
adjusted component.
• Physical Therapy Component • Occupational Therapy Component • Speech-Language Pathology Component • Nursing Component • Non-Therapy Ancillary Component • Non Case-mix Component (room and board, admin cost,
capital-related costs) + wage adjustment
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PDPM – 6 Components
Patient Driven Payment Model
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OTComponent Non Case-Mix
Component
SLPComponent
Resident
PTComponent
Nursing Component
NTA Component
Note:
All residents would be classified into PT, OT, and SLP classification regardless of whether they are on therapy case load (likely being assigned the lowest CMI for the these components).
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Patient Driven Payment Model
Physical and Occupational Therapy Case-Mix Classification
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PT and OT Components
Unlike RCS-I, in the PDPM the PT and OT Components are calculated together but paid separately based on the case-mix.
Drivers of PT and OT component
• Primary reason for skilled stay
• Function score
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PT and OT Components
I8000 ICD-10-CM will classify the patient into one of the 4 Clinical Categories.
Multiple ICD-10-CM codes will point to more than one Clinical Category
In these cases, the Clinical Category will be further delineated by including the ICD-10-PCS (procedure code) on the second line of I8000
• This is due to post-surgical patient needs may be much different than non-surgical patients
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4 PT/OT Clinical Categories
Major Joint Replacement or Spinal Injury
Non-Orthopedic Surgery and Acute Neurologic
Other Orthopedic
Medical Management
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PT and OT Functional Score
CMS Proposes to use 10 Section GG items to calculate the PT and OT Function Score. This includes 4 late loss ADLs and 2 early loss ADLs
• Two bed mobility items• Three transfer items• One eating items• One toileting item• One oral hygiene item• Two walking items
GG goes from a 6-point scale (with 3 not attempted codes) to 0-4 point scale for Function Score purposes
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PT and OT Functional Score Construction (Except walking)
Table 16 – CMS – 1696-P
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Responses Score05, 06 Set-up assistance, Independent 404 Supervision or touching assistance 303 Partial/moderate assistance 202 Substantial/maximal assistance 101, 07, 09, 88 Dependent, Refused, N/A, Not
Attempted0 M
ore
Care
Nee
ded
PT and OT Functional Score Construction for Walking Items
*Coded based on response to GG0170H1 (Does the resident walk?)
Table 17 – CMS – 1696-P
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Responses Score05, 06 Set-up assistance, Independent 404 Supervision or touching assistance 303 Partial/moderate assistance 202 Substantial/maximal assistance 101, 07, 09, 88 Dependent, Refused, N/A, Not
Attempted, Resident Cannot Walk*0 M
ore
Care
Nee
ded
Proposed Section GG Items Included in PT and OT Function Measure
Table 18 – CMS – 1696-P seagroverehab.com17
Section GG Item ScoreGG0130A1 Self-care: Eating 0-4GG0310B1 Self-care: Oral Hygiene 0-4GG0130C1 Self-care: Toileting Hygiene 0-4GG0170B1 Mobility: Sit to lying 0-4 (avg of
2 items)GG0170C1 Mobility: Lying to sitting on side of bed
GG0170D1 Mobility: Sit to stand0-4 (avg of 3 items)GG0170E1 Mobility: chair/bed-to-chair transfer
GG0170F1 Mobility: Toilet transferGG0170J1 Mobility: Walk 50 feet with 2 turns 0-4 (avg of
2 items)GG0170K1 Mobility: Walk 150 feet
PT and OT Case-mix Classification Groups
Partial Table 21 – CMS – 1696-P seagroverehab.com18
ClinicalCategory
Section GG Function Score
PT OT Case-
MixGroup
PT Case-Mix
Index
OT Case-
Mix Index
Major Joint Replacement or
Spinal Surgery
0-5 TA 1.53 1.49
6-9 TB 1.69 1.63
10-23 TC 1.88 1.68
24 TD 1.92 1.53
Other Orthopedic
0-5 TE 1.42 1.41
6-9 TF 1.61 1.59
10-23 TG 1.67 1.64
24 TH 1.16 1.15
PT and OT Case-mix Classification Groups
Partial Table 21 – CMS – 1696-P seagroverehab.com19
ClinicalCategory
Section GG Function Score
PT OT Case-
MixGroup
PT Case-Mix
Index
OT Case-
Mix Index
Medical Management
0-5 TI 1.13 1.17
6-9 Tj 1.42 1.44
10-23 TK 1.52 1.54
24 TL 1.09 1.11
Non-OrthopedicSurgery and
Acute Neurologic
0-5 TM 1.27 1.30
6-9 TN 1.48 1.49
10-23 TO 1.55 1.55
24 TP 1.08 1.09
Speech Language Pathology Case-Mix Classification
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SLP Component
5 Characteristics that will impact the SLP Component• Acute Neurologic or Non-Neurologic
• SLP-Related Comorbidity
• Cognitive Impairment
• Mechanically Altered Diet
• Swallowing Disorder
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SLP Component
Acute Neurologic or Non-Neurologic
• Determined by I8000
SLP-Related Comorbidity
• Also determined by I8000
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SLP-Related Comorbidities
Table 22 – CMS – 1696-P
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Aphasia Laryngeal CancerCVA, TIA, or Stroke Apraxia
Hemiplegia or Hemiparesis DysphagiaTraumatic Brain Injury ALS
Tracheostomy Care (while a resident) Oral CancersVentilator or Respirator (while a
resident)Speech and Language Deficits
CCognitive Functional Score (CFS)
CMS Proposes blending BIMS and CPS to get a CFS score
Table 20 – CMS-1696 - P
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CFS Cognitive Scale BIMS Score CPS Score1. Cognitively Intact 12-15 02. Mildly Impaired 8-12 1-23. Moderately Impaired 0-7 3-44. Severely Impaired - 5-6
SLP Component
Mechanically Altered Diet
• Determined by K0510C2
Swallowing Disorder
• Determined by K0100Z
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12 SLP Case-Mix Groups
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Presence of Acute Neurologic Condition, SLP-Related
Comorbidity, or Cognitive Impairment
Mechanically Altered Diet or
Swallowing Disorder
Case-Mix Group
Case-Mix Index
None Neither SA 0.68None Either SB 1.82None Both SC 2.66
Any one Neither SD 1.46Any one Either SE 2.33Any one Both SF 2.97Any two Neither SG 2.04Any two Either SH 2.85Any two Both SI 3.51Any three Neither SJ 2.98
Any three Either SK 3.69
Any three Both SL 4.19
Table 23 CMS-1696-P
Nursing Case-Mix ClassificationProposed
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25 Nursing Indexes
CMS Proposes to use a modified version of the RUG-IV Nursing Categories
CMS reduced the number of Nursing RUGs from 43 to 25.
This was accomplished by collapsing case-mix groups that have contiguous ADL scores when those RUGs were defined by similar clinical traits
We will look at Table 26 in a few slides.
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25 Nursing Indexes
CMS Proposes to use a modified version of the RUG-IV Nursing Categories
Nursing will also use Section GG to capture the Nursing Function Score
Using the same methodology as for the PT and OT component.
• 0-4 point scale
• Average bed mobility and transfers
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Section GG items for Nursing
Table 25 – CMS – 1696-P
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Section GG Item ScoreGG0130A1 Self-care: Eating 0-4GG0130C1 Self-care: Toileting Hygiene 0-4GG0170B1 Mobility: Sit to lying 0-4 (avg of
2 items)GG0170C1 Mobility: Lying to sitting on side of bed
GG0170D1 Mobility: Sit to stand0-4 (avg of 3 items)GG0170E1 Mobility: chair/bed-to-chair transfer
GG0170F1 Mobility: Toilet transfer
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PDPM Nursing Index – 25 Indexes
*e.g. septicemia, respiratory therapy and more – see full chartPartial Table 26 – CMS – 1696-P
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RIG-IV Nursing
RUG
Extensive Services
Clinical Condition
Depression
# of Restorative
Nursing Services
GG-basedFunction
Score
PDPMNursing
Case-Mix Group
Nursing Case-
Mix Index
ES3 Trach and Vent --- --- --- 0-14 ES3 4.04
ES2 Trach or Vent --- --- --- 0-14 ES2 3.06
ES1 Infection --- --- --- 0-14 ES1 2.91
HE2/HD2 ----Seriousmedical
condition*Yes --- 0-5 HDE2 2.39
HE1/HD1 --- same No --- 0-5 HDE1 1.99
HC2/HB2 --- Same Yes --- 6-14 HBC2 2.23
HC1/HB1 --- Same No --- 6-14 HBC1 1.85
HIV/AIDS add-on
Due to significant increase in nursing cost to care for HIV/AIDS pts, the facility will get an 18% increase in the Nursing Component
This would be applied based on the presence of ICD-10-CM code B20 on the SNF claim
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Non-Therapy Ancillary Case-Mix Classification
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50 Conditions & Extensive Services Used for NTA Classification
Partial Table 27 – CMS – 1696 - P
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Condition/ExtensiveServices
Source Points
HIV/Aids SNF Claim 8Parenteral IV feeding: High MDS Item O0100H2 7Special Treatments/ Programs: IV Meds Post-admit
MDS Item O0100I2 5
Special Treatments/ Programs: Vent or RespPost-admit
MDS ItemO010F2 4
Endocarditis MDS Item I8000 1
NTA Case-Mix Classification Groups
Partial Table 28 – CMS – 1696-P
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NTA Score Range NTA Group NTA Case-Mix Index12+ NA 3.259-11 NB 2.536-8 NC 1.853-5 ND 1.341-2 NE 0.960 NF 0.72
Non Case-Mix Component
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Non Case-Mix Component
Flat rate
Non case-mix adjusted
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Variable Per Diem Adjustment Factor
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Variable Per Diem Adjustment Factor
Adjustment Factor• PT and OT: After day 20, drop 2% every 7 days.• Of interest, if the patient is in the facility on days 98-100,
the adjustment factor for PT and OT is 0.76.
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NTA Adjustment Factor
Table 31 – CMS – 1696-P
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Medicare Payment Days Adjustment Factor1-3 3.0
4-100 1.0
Assessments (MDS) to be completed
Only three types of assessments• 5-Day Scheduled Assessment
• Interim Payment Assessment (IPA)
• SNF Part A Discharge Assessment
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5-Day Scheduled Assessment
Grace Days• Remove the label “grace days” so that the 5-day PPS
schedule will be days 1-8 vs days 1-5 with grace days of 6-8.
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Interim Payment Assessment
Requirements(1) There is a change in the resident’s classification in at least one of the first tier classification criteria for any of the components under the proposed PDPM(which are those clinical or nursing payment criteria identified in the firstcolumn in Tables 21, 23, 26, and 27 – PT/OT, SLP, Nursing, NTA) such that the resident would be classified into a classification group for that component that differs from that provided by the 5-day scheduled PPS assessment, and the change in classification group results in a change in payment either in one particular payment component or in the overall payment for the resident; and
(2) The change(s) are such that the resident would not be expected to return tohis or her original clinical status within a 14-day period.
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Interim Payment Assessment
Requirements
- In addition, we propose that the Assessment Reference Date (ARD) for the IPA would be no later than 14 days after a change in a resident’s first tierclassification criteria is identified. The IPA is meant to capture substantialchanges to a resident’s clinical condition and not every day, frequent changes.We believe 14 days gives the facility an adequate amount of time to determinewhether the changes identified are in fact routine or substantial.
- Missed or late IPAs will be treated as missed or late unscheduled assessments
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PPS Discharge Assessment
Must be completed on all PPS discharges
Adding a modified Section O to this assessment
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Modified Section O
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MDS Item Number
Item Name
O0400A5 Special Treatments, Procedures and Programs: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Services: Therapy Start Date
O0400A6 Special Treatments, Procedures and Programs: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Services: Therapy End Date
O0400A7 Special Treatments, Procedures and Programs: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Services: Total Individual Minutes
O0400A8 Special Treatments, Procedures and Programs: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Services: Total Concurrent Minutes
O0400A9 Special Treatments, Procedures and Programs: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Services: Total Group Minutes
O0400A10 Special Treatments, Procedures and Programs: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Services: Total Days
Partial Table 35 CMS-1696-P
Decrease in Provider Burden
CMS Proposes• The PDPM model will save providers $200M per year or
$2B over 10 years
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PDPM Modes of Therapy
Group and Concurrent Therapy Limits to 25% combined Most services provided on an individual basis
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PDPM Modes of Therapy
Group and Concurrent minutes counted in full vs ¼ and ½ respectively
CMS will use the Discharge Assessment to monitor Group and Concurrent utilization.
• Should a provider exceed this limitation, a non-fatal warning edit will appear on the validation report after submission to the QIES ASAP system
• CMS may consider future proposals to address abuses of this policy or flag providers for additional review
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PDPM Interrupted Stays
Payment calendar continues (using adjustment factors) if the resident is discharged from a SNF and returns to the same SNF within 3 midnights.
Eval implications?
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PDPM Per Diem
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• Base Rate x PT and OT CMI x Adjustment FactorPT and OT Rate
• Base Rate x SLP CMISLP Rate• Nursing Rate x Nursing CMINursing Rate• Base Rate x NTA CMI x Adjustment
FactorNTA Rate
• Non-Case Mix RateNon-Case-Mix Rate
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Total Per Diem
Hip Replacement Example
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Mr. B had a hip replacement and was sent for rehab at our SNF. His case-mix groups are as follows:
• PT and OT case-mix group – TA
• SLP case-mix group – SA
• Nursing PDPM case-mix group – CDE2
• Non-therapy ancillary – NE
• Non case-mix flat rate
Hip Replacement Example
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Case-mix group TB TB SA CDE2 NE
Case-mix Index 1.69 1.63 0.68 1.86 0.96
Urban PT OT SLP Nursing NTA Non case-mix
Per diem $ 59.33 $ 55.23 $ 22.15 $ 103.46 $ 78.05x3 $ 92.63 Subtotal $ 100.27 $ 90.02 $ 15.06 $ 192.44 $ 224.78 $ 92.63
Days Per Diem
1-3 $715.20
4-20 $565.35
21-27 $561.54
- Urban- *Note: these rates are not wage index adjusted
Hip Replacement Example
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Case-mix group TB TB SA CDE2 NE
Case-mix Index 1.69 1.63 0.68 1.86 0.96
Rural PT OT SLP Nursing NTA Non case-mix
Per diem $ 67.63 $ 62.11 $ 27.90 $ 98.83 $ 74.56x3 $ 94.34 Subtotal $ 114.30 $ 101.24 $ 18.97 $ 183.82 $ 214.73 $ 94.34
- Rural- *Note: these rates are not wage index adjusted
Days Per Diem
1-3 $727.40
4-20 $584.25
21-27 $579.94
Joint Replacement/Medically Complex
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Extremely ill patient with multiple comorbidities (joint replacement, dysphagia and mech altered diet, septicemia, depressed, 0-5 on GG, 12+ on NTA):• PT and OT case-mix group – TA
• SLP case-mix group – SC
• Nursing PDPM case-mix group – HDE2
• Non-therapy ancillary – NA
• Non case-mix flat rate
Joint Replacement/Medically Complex
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Case-mix group TA TA SC HDE2 NA
Case-mix Index 1.53 1.49 2.66 2.39 3.25
Urban PT OT SLP Nursing NTA Non case-mix
Per diem $59.33 $55.23 $22.15 $103.46 $78.05 x3 $92.63Subtotal $90.77 $82.29 $58.91 $247.26 $760.98 $92.63
- Urban- *Note: these rates are not wage index adjusted- Show AANAC Handout
Days Per Diem
1-3 $1332.87
4-20 $825.54
21-27 $822.08
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Now What? Industry Changes?
The usual contract therapy contract will no longer “work”
Part B will continue “as is”
Part A portion of contract• What do we go to next?
• Pay contract based on hourly rate of time on-site?• Same as above with productivity minimum?• Pay contractor a percentage of the PT/OT and ST rates?
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Now What? Industry Changes?
Therapy utilization?• Assume that therapy utilization will decrease
May mean that there is a decreased demand for therapists nationwide.
Therapist salaries?
Is this “PPS lite” for the therapy portion of the industry?
Could “in-house” therapy be an option or a reality for your facility?
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Some Concerns About the Model
Rationing of therapy.
PT and OT – limited clinical categories – why not use comorbidities like the SLP component?
PT and OT – cognition removed from this calculation –concerns
Modified Section O on discharge assessment seen as helpful to the therapy community.
How will it be handled if one discipline misses a few days? (sick therapist, holiday, staffing issues)
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Some Concerns About the Model
Use of Section GG seen as a good thing, but “usual performance” to drive resource allocation?
PDPM is based on statistical analysis and on projection that has not been tested. Need a demonstration project and possible phased-in roll out system.
“Unknowns” about the IPA – probably won’t know specifics until the draft RAI comes out in January 2019
Auditors may try to apply rules that do not apply to this model well after the fact (paid for SLP, but didn’t provide it to a specific patient, auditor may try to take those funds back)
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Who we are and who we serve:• SNF• Rehab Agency• Legal
SNF• In-house• Contract conversion• Contract therapy company audits
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What will PDPM look like for SimpleLTC customers?
• Currently reviewing PDPM details and product options– SimpleAnalyzer™ will include PDPM views/analytics
• Product vision– Possible RUG analytics tool (pre-PDPM) to include Case Mix
Index analysis– Possible cross-integration of analytics from RUG to PDPM
• What are my RUG reimbursements now?• How might my reimbursements be different under PDPM?• How will my CMI affect this?
• Look for product announcements coming soon
Now that we have opened Pandora’s box, what questions do you have about PDPM?
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Mark McDavid, OTR/L RAC-CTSeagrove Rehab Partners
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