Good news: Texas Medicaid MCO management just got easier Texas providers: Just in time for the Mar. 1 STAR+PLUS MCO managed care transition, we’ve made two significant enhancements to the SimpleCFS™ MESAV process. These changes will help you manage your residents’ MCO information and proactively protect your reimbursement under the … Read More
On-demand webinar: Using SimpleCFS™ for Texas Medicaid managed care
March 1st MCO/managed care changes are only a few days away On Feb. 24, SimpleLTC hosted a live webinar covering several new SimpleCFS enhancements designed to help Texas long-term care facilities navigate the new environment. Nearly 80% of Texas facilities use SimpleCFS to automate Texas Medicaid processes, and this brief … Read More
On-demand webinar: MDS Focused Survey & Staffing Survey
The new MDS focused survey and staffing survey are here…are you ready? Last year, CMS piloted a focused survey in five states to assess MDS 3.0 coding accuracy and their relationship to resident care. In 2015, CMS will expand these surveys nationwide, as well as expand them to assess nursing … Read More
Texas HHSC answers your STAR+PLUS managed care questions
Texas Medicaid managed care is coming Mar. 1… read this FAQ to prepare As a service to Texas long-term care providers, SimpleLTC and Texas Medicaid Coalition offered a free webinar on Dec. 11 entitled, “Preparing for Texas Star+Plus Medicaid Managed Care”. (Watch it on-demand here.) Nearly 1,000 attendees participated and … Read More
Ditch the paper to simplify end-of-life documentation
The march toward electronic health records (EHRs) and the digitizing of our health information can’t be stopped. The question is how efficiently we can reach the ultimate EHR destination — and whether anyone knows exactly what that destination looks like anyway. One clear example of the murkiness surrounding long-term care … Read More